Method and device for determining time frequency resources

ABSTRACT

Provided are a method and a device for determining time-frequency resources. The method comprises: determining, by a first communication node, at least one piece of the following information about a first resource set: time-frequency resources of a second resource set contained in the first resource set, configuration information of the second resource set, time-frequency resource configuration information of the first resource set, and a dynamic signaling indication used for indicating whether the first resource set is multiplexed to a PDSCH transmission or a PUSCH transmission or whether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission needs to implement rate matching; and after the above-mentioned information is determined, transmitting the information to a second communication node.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. § 120 asa continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/557,071, filed onDec. 21, 2021, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser.No. 16/830,113, filed on Mar. 25, 2020, which is a continuation of PCTPatent Application No. PCT/CN2018/104754, filed on Sep. 10, 2018, whichclaims priority to Chinese patent application no. 201710940914.X, filedon Sep. 30, 2017, the disclosure of each of which is incorporated hereinby reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to communications and, specifically, to amethod and device for determining time-frequency resources.

BACKGROUND

In the related art, in a new radio (NR) system, it has been determinedcurrently that a base station can semi-statically configure someresource sets. Resources in these resource sets can be dynamicallymultiplexed to a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission,and specifically resources of which resource sets can be multiplexed tothe PDSCH transmission is indicated through dynamic signaling.

In the related art, in a physical downlink control channel (PDSCH) of aLong Term Evolution (LTE) system, a frequency domain will be mapped to afull bandwidth, and the number of orthogonal frequency divisionmultiplexing (OFDM) symbols occupied by the PDCCH in a time domain isindicated through a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH).Therefore, a PDCCH domain is a frequency domain full bandwidth, the timedomain occupies a structure of several OFDM symbols in front of asub-frame, time-frequency resources of the PDCCH domain are completelyseparated from time-frequency resources of the PDSCH domain, andresources in the PDCCH domain cannot be used for the PDSCH transmission.

In an LTE enhanced PDCCH (ePDCCH), the ePDCCH is transmitted on aphysical resource block (PRB) set, that is, the ePDCCH and the PDSCHadopt a frequency division multiplexing mode. Resources in the PRB setare not used for the ePDCCH transmission but still can be used for thePDSCH transmission, and a “Resource Block assignment” domain in downlinkcontrol information (DCI) may include an indication for this part ofresources, so that a terminal may know allocation of all resources forthe PDSCH transmission.

For an NR PDCCH, based on several current discussions of 3GPP RANIconferences, the design will be performed based on a control resourceset (referred to as CORESET for short). Different from a characteristicof full bandwidth distribution in the LTE PDCCH, the distribution ofdownlink control channels in the NR is limited by CORESET(s) configuredby the system, the CORESET is semi-statically configured while userscheduling itself is dynamically changed, so when idle resources remainin the CORESET, in order to avoid resource waste, these resources can beused for the PDSCH transmission. Therefore, how to indicate multiplexedCORESET resources to a user to let the user know that there is a PDSCHservice on these control resources is a problem to be solved.

Furthermore, the 3GPP RANI has approved that the base stationsemi-statically configures several resource sets to dynamically indicatewhether resources in the resource set can be multiplexed to thescheduled PDSCH transmission or whether the scheduled PDSCH transmissionneeds to perform rate matching on part of resources of the resource set.

No efficient solution has been provided to solve the problem in therelated art of how to indicate time-frequency resources used by thePDSCH transmission.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, device fordetermining time-frequency resources to at least solve the problem inthe related art of how to indicate time-frequency resources used by thePDSCH transmission.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method fordetermining time-frequency resources is provided. The method includes:determining, by a first communication node, at least one piece of thefollowing information about a first resource set for a secondcommunication node: time-frequency resources of a second resource setcontained in the first resource set, configuration information of thesecond resource set contained in the first resource set, time-frequencyresource configuration information of the first resource set, and adynamic signaling indication used for indicating whether the firstresource set is multiplexed to a PDSCH transmission or a PUSCHtransmission or whether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmissionneeds to implement rate matching; and transmitting the information tothe second communication node, where the PDSCH transmission includes aprocess in which the first communication node transmits data to thesecond communication node through a PDSCH, and the PUSCH transmissionincludes a process in which the second communication node transmits datato the first communication node through a PUSCH.

Optionally, the first resource set is one of the following information:one or more resource sets or uplink control channel resources or uplinkreservation resources, or complete or partial resource sets or uplinkcontrol channel resources or uplink reservation resources; one or moreCORESETs or uplink control channel resources or uplink reservationresources, or complete or partial CORESETs or uplink control channelresources or uplink reservation resources; and one or more specificsignal resources or specific channel resources, where the specificsignal resource or the specific channel resource includes one or more ofthe following: a reference signal time domain resource, a referencesignal frequency domain resource, a synchronizing signal time domainresource, a synchronizing signal frequency domain resource, a broadcastchannel time domain resource, and a broadcast channel frequency domainresource.

Optionally, the second resource set includes one of the followinginformation: one or more CORESETs or uplink control channel resources oruplink reservation resources, or complete or partial CORESETs or uplinkcontrol channel resources or uplink reservation resources; and one ormore specific signal resources or specific channel resources, where thespecific signal resource or the specific channel resource includes oneor more of the following: a reference signal time domain resource, areference signal frequency domain resource, a synchronizing signal timedomain resource, a synchronizing signal frequency domain resource, abroadcast channel time domain resource, and a broadcast channelfrequency domain resource.

Optionally, the first communication node configures one or more firstresource sets for a second communication node, and time-frequencyresources of multiple configured first resource sets are forbidden topartially overlap or forbidden to completely overlap.

Optionally, when the first communication node configures multiple firstresource sets for the second communication node, the first communicationnode configures priorities for part or all of the multiple firstresource sets.

Optionally, when time-frequency resources of the multiple first resourcesets overlap, whether the overlapped time-frequency resources areallowed to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCHtransmission or whether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmissionneeds to perform rate matching around the overlapped time-frequencyresources is determined through following manner: the determination ismade according to a dynamic signaling indication of a first resource sethaving a higher priority.

Optionally, the first resource set for the second communication nodeincludes one of the following: part of time domain resources in a timedomain resource unit are configured as the first resource set; and partof frequency domain resources in a frequency domain resource unit areconfigured as the first resource set.

Optionally, the first resource set for the second communication nodeincludes at least one of the following: in a time domain, part of timedomain resources of a periodically configured time domain resource unitare configured as the first resource set; the time domain resource unitis shifted; in a frequency domain, part of frequency domain resources ina frequency domain resource unit within a designated sub-carrier rangeare configured as the first resource set; and in the frequency domain,part of frequency domain resources in a frequency domain resource unitwithin a designated bandwidth range are configured as the first resourceset.

Optionally, when an overlap occurs in time-frequency resources ofmultiple first resource sets, whether the overlapped time-frequencyresources are allowed to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or thePUSCH transmission or whether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCHtransmission needs to perform rate matching around the overlappedtime-frequency resources is determined through following manner: an ANDoperation or an OR operation is performed on dynamic signalingindications of all multiple overlapping first resource sets; and thedetermination is made according results of the AND operation or the ORoperation.

Optionally, the following information is agreed: the dynamic signalingindication being set to 1 is agreed to indicate that all or part of thecorresponding first resource set is allowed to be multiplexed to thePDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission, or that the PDSCHtransmission or the PUSCH transmission does not need to perform ratematching around all or part of resources in the corresponding firstresource set; and the dynamic signaling indication being set to 0 isagreed to indicate that all or part of the corresponding first resourceset is forbidden to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or thePUSCH transmission, or that the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCHtransmission needs to perform rate matching around all or part ofresources in the corresponding first resource set; and the step that theAND operation or the OR operation is performed on dynamic signalingindications of all multiple overlapping first resource sets, and thedetermination is made according results of the AND operation or the ORoperation includes: performing the OR operation on dynamic signalingindications of the multiple overlapping first resource sets; anddetermining whether the overlapped time-frequency resources are allowedto be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission orwhether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission needs toperform rate matching around the overlapped time-frequency resourcesaccording to results of the OR operation.

Optionally, in condition that the dynamic signaling indication being setto 1 is agreed to indicate that all or part of the corresponding firstresource set is forbidden to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission orthe PUSCH transmission or that the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCHtransmission needs to perform rate matching around all or part oftime-frequency resources in the corresponding first resource set, andthe dynamic signaling indication being set to 0 is agreed to indicatethat all or part of the corresponding first resource set is allowed tobe multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission orthat the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission does not need toperform rate matching around all or part of time-frequency resources inthe corresponding first resource set, the method further includes:performing the AND operation on dynamic signaling indications of themultiple overlapping first resource sets; and determining whether theoverlapped time-frequency resources are allowed to be multiplexed to thePDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission or whether the PDSCHtransmission or the PUSCH transmission needs to perform rate matchingaround the overlapped time-frequency resources according to results ofthe AND operation.

Optionally, when an overlap occurs in time-frequency resources ofmultiple first resource sets, the following information is determinedthrough different manner for different types of the first resource sets:information about whether the overlapped time-frequency resources areallowed to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCHtransmission or whether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmissionneeds to perform rate matching around the overlapped time-frequencyresources; where the different types of the first resource sets includeone of the following: time-frequency resource configuration mannersbeing different, time-frequency resource configuration ranges beingdifferent, time-frequency resource configuration granularities beingdifferent, and time-frequency resource configuration priorities beingdifferent.

Optionally, when the first resource set contains multiple secondresource sets or is equivalent to multiple second resource sets,multiple second resource sets included in the same first resource setneeds to meet at least one of the following characteristics: blinddetection moment configurations or blind detection period configurationsof the second communication node in the multiple second resource setsare the same; levels of blind detection moment configurations or blinddetection period configurations of the multiple second resource sets arethe same and are a slot level, where levels of blind detection momentconfigurations or blind detection period configurations of the multiplesecond resource sets being the slot level is configured to indicate oneof the following: each of the blind detection moment configurations oreach of the period configurations is a slot, and each of the blinddetection moment configurations or each of the period configurations isat intervals of multiple slots; levels of blind detection momentconfigurations or blind detection period configurations of the multiplesecond resource sets are the same and are a mini-slot level, wherelevels of blind detection moment configurations or blind detectionperiod configurations of the multiple second resource sets being themini-slot level is configured to indicate one of the following: each ofthe blind detection moment configurations or each of the periodconfigurations is a mini-slot, and each of the blind detection momentconfigurations or each of the period configurations is at intervals ofmultiple mini-slots; levels of blind detection moment configurations orblind detection period configurations of the multiple second resourcesets are the same and are an OFDM symbol level, where levels of blinddetection moment configurations or blind detection period configurationsof the multiple second resource sets being the OFDM symbol level isconfigured to indicate one of the following: each of the blind detectionmoment configurations or each of the period configurations is an OFDMsymbol, and each of the blind detection moment configurations or each ofthe period configurations is at intervals of multiple OFDM symbols;blind detection moment configurations or blind detection periodconfigurations of the multiple second resource sets need meet aninclusion relationship, where the inclusion relationship is that: for asecond resource set having a sparse number of times of blind detectionsor a sparse period configuration and a second resource set having anintensive number of times of blind detections or an intensive periodconfiguration, a blind detection moment or period configuration of theformer is a subset of a blind detection moment or period configurationof the latter; and the number of times of occurrence of blind detectionmoment configurations or blind detection period configurations of themultiple second resource sets in a fixed time unit is the same, wherethe fixed time unit includes one of the following: a radio frame, asub-frame, a slot, a PDCCH domain or an uplink control channel range ofa slot, and a fixed number of several OFDM symbols at fixed locations ofa slot.

Optionally, the dynamic signaling indication is a multiplexing or ratematching dynamic signaling indication for the first resource set, wherea valid time domain range of the multiplexing or rate matching dynamicsignaling indication for the first resource set is determined to be oneof the following: time-frequency resources corresponding to a firstblind detection moment or a first period configuration moment when thefirst resource set is overlapped with resources used by the transmissionof the PDSCH or the PUSCH; time-frequency resources corresponding to allblind detection moments or all period configuration moments when thefirst resource set is overlapped with resources used by the transmissionof the PDSCH or the PUSCH; time-frequency resources corresponding to allblind detection moments or all period configuration moments when thefirst resource set is overlapped with resources used by the transmissionof the PDSCH or the PUSCH in a PDCCH domain or an uplink control channelresource range; a valid time domain range determined according toresults of a blind detection performed by the second communication nodeon time-frequency resources where the first resource set is overlappedwith resources used by the transmission of the PDSCH or the PUSCH; afirst sub-frame or a first slot where the first resource set isoverlapped with resources used by the transmission of the PDSCH or thePUSCH; and all sub-frames or all slots where the first resource set isoverlapped with resources used by the transmission of the PDSCH or thePUSCH.

Optionally, the PDCCH domain is allowed to be one of the followinglevels: a sub-frame level, a slot level, a mini-slot level, and an OFDMsymbol level; where in response to determining that the PDCCH domain isthe sub-frame level, the PDCCH domain or the uplink control channelresource range is first several OFDM symbols of a sub-frame; in responseto determining that the PDCCH domain is the slot level, the PDCCH domainor the uplink control channel resource range is first several OFDMsymbols of a slot; in response to determining that the PDCCH domain isthe mini-slot level, the PDCCH domain or the uplink control channelresource range is first several OFDM symbols of a mini-slot or severalOFDM symbols at fixed locations of a slot; and in response todetermining that the PDCCH domain is the OFDM symbol level, the PDCCHdomain or the uplink control channel resource range is OFDM symbols atpreset fixed locations.

Optionally, when results of the blind detection of the secondcommunication node are that a PDCCH sent to the second communicationnode is detected, the method further includes: performing, by the secondcommunication node, rate matching around time-frequency resourcesoccupied by the detected PDCCH sent to the second communication node,and for remaining resources other than the time-frequency resourcesoccupied by the PDCCH sent to the second communication node, themultiplexing or rate matching dynamic signaling indication being validfor the following moments: the blind detection moment, and resourceswhere the first resource set overlaps resources used by the PDSCHtransmission; or the multiplexing or rate matching dynamic signalingindication being invalid for the first resource set at the blinddetection moment; where at the blind detection moment, all or part oftime-frequency resources where the first resource set overlaps resourcesused by the PDSCH transmission are forbidden to be multiplexed to thePDSCH transmission, or at the blind detection moment, the PDSCHtransmission needs to perform rate matching around all or part oftime-frequency resources where the first resource set overlaps resourcesused by the PDSCH transmission.

Optionally, when results of the blind detection of the secondcommunication node are that a PDCCH sent to the second communicationnode is not detected, the method further includes: the multiplexing orrate matching dynamic signaling indication being valid for the firstresource set at the blind detection moment; or the multiplexing or ratematching dynamic signaling indication being invalid for the firstresource set at the blind detection moment; where at the blind detectionmoment, all or part of time-frequency resources where the first resourceset overlaps resources used by the PDSCH transmission are allowed to bemultiplexed to the PDSCH transmission, or the PDSCH transmission doesnot need to perform rate matching around all or part of time-frequencyresources where the first resource set overlaps resources used by thePDSCH transmission at the blind detection moment.

Optionally, the first communication node sends a dynamic indication foractivating or inactivating the dynamic signaling indication to thesecond communication node.

Optionally, the first communication node determines the followinginformation about the first resource set for the second communicationnode: dynamic signaling indication for indicating whether the firstresource set is multiplexed to a PDSCH transmission or a PUSCHtransmission or whether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmissionneeds to perform rate matching; and after the above step is executed,the first communication node sends one or more dynamic signalingindications to the second communication node for a first resource set ora group of first resource sets.

Optionally, a first resource set corresponding to the dynamic signalingindication is determined in one of the following manners: a semi-staticconfiguration manner and a dynamic determination manner; where thedynamic signaling indication is allowed to correspond to different firstresource sets in different time units, or is allowed to correspond todifferent numbers of first resource sets in different time units; wherethe time unit includes one of the following: a slot, a mini-slot, anOFDM symbol, and a sub-frame.

Optionally, part or all of bits of the dynamic signaling indication areallowed to indicate at least one of the following meanings: the part orall of bits are used for indicating at least one piece of the followinginformation of a first resource set corresponding to an adjacent bit oran adjacent bit group: a situation of multiplexing or rate matchingafter a time domain split is performed, a situation of multiplexing orrate matching after a frequency domain split is performed, and asituation of multiplexing or rate matching after a space domain split isperformed; the part or all of bits are used for indicating at least onepiece of the following information of a specific first resource set: asituation of multiplexing or rate matching after a time domain split isperformed, a situation of multiplexing or rate matching after afrequency domain split is performed, and a situation of multiplexing orrate matching after a space domain split is performed, where thespecific first resource set is allowed to be one of the following: afirst resource set on which the second communication node needs toperform a blind detection, a first resource set where a PDCCH forscheduling the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission is located,a first resource set sent by the dynamic signaling indication, and aspecific first resource set semi-statically configured by the firstcommunication node; the part or all of bits are used for indicating oneof the following information of all first resource sets corresponding toother bits or bit groups: a situation of multiplexing or rate matchingafter a time domain split is performed, a situation of multiplexing orrate matching after a frequency domain split is performed, and asituation of multiplexing or rate matching after a space domain split isperformed; the part or all of bits are used for indicating whether atleast one of following conditions occurs in a subsequent time unit:activation of a carrier or a bandwidth part, deactivation of a carrieror a bandwidth part, and handover of a carrier or a bandwidth part; andthe part or all of bits are used for indicating whether a length of adynamic signaling indication sent by a subsequent time unit changes.

Optionally, the split includes: at least one of the following of thefirst resource set is split equally: a time domain, a frequency domainand a space domain; where n equal split is determined to be performedaccording to the number of redundant bits, and n is a positive integer;and after the equal split is performed, non-redundant bits and redundantbits jointly indicate which equally split parts of the first resourceset are capable of being multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or thePUSCH transmission, or on which equally split parts the PDSCH or thePUSCH does not need to perform rate matching; where the redundant bit ispart or all of the bits.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, anothermethod for determining time-frequency resources is further provided. Themethod includes: receiving, by a second communication node, informationabout a first resource set transmitted by a first communication node,where the information includes at least one of the following:time-frequency resources of a second resource set included in the firstresource set, configuration information of the second resource setincluded in the first resource set, time-frequency resourceconfiguration information of the first resource set, and a dynamicsignaling indication used for indicating whether the first resource setis multiplexed to a PDSCH transmission or a PUSCH transmission orwhether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission needs toperform rate matching; and determining one of the followingconfiguration information according to the information: time-frequencyresources allowed to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or thePUSCH transmission and time-frequency resources on which the PDSCHtransmission or the PUSCH transmission does not need to perform ratematching; where the PDSCH transmission includes a process of datatransmission through a PDSCH, and the PUSCH transmission includes aprocess of data transmission through a PUSCH.

Optionally, the first resource set is one of the following information:one or more resource sets or uplink control channel resources or uplinkreservation resources, or complete or partial resource sets or uplinkcontrol channel resources or uplink reservation resources; one or moreCORESETs or uplink control channel resources or uplink reservationresources, or complete or partial CORESETs or uplink control channelresources or uplink reservation resources; and one or more specificsignal resources or specific channel resources, where the specificsignal resource or the specific channel resource includes one of thefollowing: a reference signal resource, a synchronizing signal resource,and a broadcast channel resource.

Optionally, the second resource set includes one of the followinginformation: one or more CORESETs or uplink control channel resources oruplink reservation resources, or complete or partial CORESETs or uplinkcontrol channel resources or uplink reservation resources; and one ormore specific signal resources or specific channel resources, where thespecific signal resource or the specific channel resource includes oneof the following: a reference signal resource, a synchronizing signalresource, and a broadcast channel resource.

Optionally, the dynamic signaling indication is a multiplexing or ratematching dynamic signaling indication for the first resource set, wherea valid time domain range of the multiplexing or rate matching dynamicsignaling indication for the first resource set is determined to be oneof the following: time-frequency resources corresponding to a firstblind detection moment or a first period configuration moment when thefirst resource set is overlapped with resources used by the transmissionof the PDSCH or the PUSCH; time-frequency resources corresponding to allblind detection moments or all period configuration moments when thefirst resource set is overlapped with resources used by the transmissionof the PDSCH or the PUSCH; time-frequency resources corresponding to allblind detection moments or all period configuration moments when thefirst resource set is overlapped with resources used by the transmissionof the PDSCH or the PUSCH in a PDCCH domain or an uplink control channelresource range;

a valid time domain range determined according to results of a blinddetection performed by the second communication node on time-frequencyresources where the first resource set is overlapped with resources usedby the transmission of the PDSCH or the PUSCH; a first sub-frame or afirst slot where the first resource set is overlapped with resourcesused by the transmission of the PDSCH or the PUSCH; and all sub-framesor all slots where the first resource set is overlapped with resourcesused by the transmission of the PDSCH or the PUSCH.

Optionally, the second communication node performs the blind detection,where when results of the blind detection of the second communicationnode are that a PDCCH sent to the second communication node is detected,the method further includes: performing, by the second communicationnode, rate matching around time-frequency resources occupied by thedetected PDCCH sent to the second communication node, and for remainingresources other than the time-frequency resources occupied by the PDCCHsent to the second communication node, determining, by the secondcommunication node, that the multiplexing or rate matching dynamicsignaling indication is valid for the following moments: the blinddetection moment, and resources where the first resource set overlapsresources used by the PDSCH transmission; or determining, by the secondcommunication node, that the multiplexing or rate matching dynamicsignaling indication is invalid for the first resource set at the blinddetection moment; where at the blind detection moment, all or part oftime-frequency resources where the first resource set overlaps resourcesused by the PDSCH transmission are forbidden to be multiplexed to thePDSCH transmission, or the PDSCH transmission needs to perform ratematching around all or part of time-frequency resources where the firstresource set overlaps resources used by the PDSCH transmission at theblind detection moment.

Optionally, the second communication node performs the blind detection,where when results of the blind detection of the second communicationnode are that a PDCCH sent to the second communication node is notdetected, the method further includes: the multiplexing or rate matchingdynamic signaling indication being valid for the first resource set atthe blind detection moment; or the multiplexing or rate matching dynamicsignaling indication being invalid for the first resource set at theblind detection moment; where at the blind detection moment, all or partof time-frequency resources where the first resource set overlapsresources used by the PDSCH transmission are allowed to be multiplexedto the PDSCH transmission, or the PDSCH transmission does not need toperform rate matching around all or part of time-frequency resourceswhere the first resource set overlaps resources used by the PDSCHtransmission at the blind detection moment.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, a device fordetermining time-frequency resources is further provided. The deviceincludes: a first determination module, which is configured to determineat least one piece of the following information about a first resourceset for a second communication node: time-frequency resources of asecond resource set included in the first resource set, configurationinformation of the second resource set included in the first resourceset, time-frequency resource configuration information of the firstresource set, and a dynamic signaling indication used for indicatingwhether the first resource set is multiplexed to a PDSCH transmission ora PUSCH transmission or whether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCHtransmission needs to perform rate matching; and a transmission module,which is configured to transmit the information to the secondcommunication node, where the PDSCH transmission includes a process ofdata transmission through a PDSCH, and the PUSCH transmission includes aprocess of data transmission through a PUSCH.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, a device fordetermining time-frequency resources is further provided. The deviceincludes: a reception module, which is configured to receive informationabout a first resource set transmitted by a first communication node,where the information includes at least one of the following:time-frequency resources of a second resource set included in the firstresource set, configuration information of the second resource setincluded in the first resource set, time-frequency resourceconfiguration information of the first resource set, and a dynamicsignaling indication used for indicating whether the first resource setis multiplexed to a PDSCH transmission or a PUSCH transmission orwhether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission needs toperform rate matching; and a second determination module, which isconfigured to determine one of the following configuration informationaccording to the information: time-frequency resources allowed to bemultiplexed to the PDSCH transmission and time-frequency resources onwhich the PDSCH transmission does not need to perform rate matching;where the PDSCH transmission includes a process in which data istransmitted through a PDSCH, and the PUSCH transmission includes aprocess in which data is transmitted to the first communication nodethrough a PUSCH.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, a basestation is further provided. The base station includes: a firstprocessor, which is configured to determine at least one piece of thefollowing information about a first resource set for a secondcommunication node: time-frequency resources of a second resource setincluded in the first resource set, configuration information of thesecond resource set included in the first resource set, time-frequencyresource configuration information of the first resource set, and adynamic signaling indication used for indicating whether the firstresource set is multiplexed to a PDSCH transmission or a PUSCHtransmission or whether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmissionneeds to perform rate matching; and a first communication device, whichis configured to transmit the information to the second communicationnode, where the PDSCH transmission includes a process in which data istransmitted to the second communication node through a PDSCH, and thePUSCH transmission includes a process in which the second communicationnode transmits data to the first communication node through a PUSCH.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal isfurther provided. The terminal includes: a second communication device,which is configured to receive information about a first resource settransmitted by a first communication node, where the informationincludes at least one of the following: time-frequency resources of asecond resource set included in the first resource set, configurationinformation of the second resource set included in the first resourceset, time-frequency resource configuration information of the firstresource set, and a dynamic signaling indication used for indicatingwhether the first resource set is multiplexed to a PDSCH transmission ora PUSCH transmission or whether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCHtransmission needs to perform rate matching; and a second processor,which is configured to determine one of the following configurationinformation according to the information: time-frequency resourcesallowed to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission and time-frequencyresources on which the PDSCH transmission does not need to perform ratematching; where the PDSCH transmission includes a process of datatransmission through a PDSCH, and the PUSCH transmission includes aprocess of data transmission through a PUSCH.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, a storagemedium is further provided. The storage medium includes stored programswhich, when executed, perform the method of any one of the embodimentsdescribed above.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, a processoris further provided. The processor is configured to execute programswhich, when executed, perform the method of any one of the embodimentsdescribed above.

Through the present disclosure, a first determination module determinesat least one piece of the following information about a first resourceset for a second communication node: time-frequency resources of asecond resource set included in the first resource set, configurationinformation of the second resource set included in the first resourceset, time-frequency resource configuration information of the firstresource set, and a dynamic signaling indication used for indicatingwhether the first resource set is multiplexed to a PDSCH transmission ora PUSCH transmission or whether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCHtransmission needs to perform rate matching; after the information isdetermined, the information is transmitted to the second communicationnode, and the second communication node determines time-frequencyresources used during the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmissionaccording to the information. The above technical solution resolves theproblem in the related art of how to indicate time-frequency resourcesused during the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission,implementing the indication of the time-frequency resources used duringthe PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission to a user.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

The drawings described herein are used to provide a furtherunderstanding of the present disclosure, and form a part of the presentapplication. The exemplary embodiments and descriptions thereof in thepresent disclosure are used to explain the present disclosure and do notlimit the present disclosure. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for determining time-frequencyresources according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of partial overlap or complete overlapaccording to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a dynamic indication manner accordingto an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram according to an embodiment 4;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram according to an embodiment 6;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram according to an embodiment 9;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram according to an embodiment 12;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram 1 according to an embodiment 13;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram 1 according to an Embodiment Fourteen;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram 2 according to an Embodiment Fourteen;and

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of another method for configuring a firstresource set according to an embodiment seventeen.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

An embodiment of the present application provides a mobile communicationnetwork (which includes, but is not limited to a 5-th generation (5G)mobile communication network). The network architecture of this networkmay include a network side device (such as a base station) and aterminal. An information transmission method executable on the abovenetwork architecture is provided in the embodiment. It is to be notedthat an execution environment of the above information transmissionmethod provided by the embodiment of the present application is notlimited to the above network architecture.

In the present application, a first communication node may be a basestation side device, and a second communication node may be a terminalside device.

Embodiment One

A method for determining time-frequency resources is provided in theembodiment, which is executed on the above mobile terminal networkarchitecture. FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for determiningtime-frequency resources according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. As shown in FIG. 1 , the method includes the steps describedbelow.

In step S102, a first communication node determines at least one pieceof the following information about a first resource set for a secondcommunication node: time-frequency resources of a second resource setincluded in the first resource set, configuration information of thesecond resource set included in the first resource set, time-frequencyresource configuration information of the first resource set, and adynamic signaling indication used for indicating whether the firstresource set is multiplexed to a PDSCH transmission or a PUSCHtransmission or whether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmissionneeds to perform rate matching.

In step S104, the information is transmitted to the second communicationnode, where the PDSCH transmission includes a process in which the firstcommunication node transmits data to the second communication nodethrough a PDSCH, and the PUSCH transmission includes a process in whichthe second communication node transmits data to the first communicationnode through a PUSCH.

Through the above steps, the first communication node determines theinformation about the first resource set for the second communicationnode; the information is transmitted to the second communication nodeafter the above information is determined, and the second communicationnode determines time-frequency resources used during the PDSCHtransmission according to the information. The above technical solutionresolves the problem in the related art of how to indicatetime-frequency resources used during the PDSCH transmission,implementing the indication of the time-frequency resources used duringthe PDSCH transmission to a user.

Optionally, the above steps may, but may not necessarily, be executed bya base station.

Optionally, the first resource set is one of the following information:one or more resource sets or uplink control channel resources or uplinkreservation resources, or complete or partial resource sets or uplinkcontrol channel resources or uplink reservation resources; one or moreCORESETs or uplink control channel resources or uplink reservationresources, or complete or partial CORESETs or uplink control channelresources or uplink reservation resources; and one or more specificsignal resources or specific channel resources, where the specificsignal resource or the specific channel resource includes one or more ofthe following: a reference signal time domain resource, a referencesignal frequency domain resource, a synchronizing signal time domainresource, a synchronizing signal frequency domain resource, a broadcastchannel time domain resource, and a broadcast channel frequency domainresource.

Optionally, the second resource set includes one of the followinginformation: one or more CORESETs or uplink control channel resources oruplink reservation resources, or complete or partial CORESETs or uplinkcontrol channel resources or uplink reservation resources; and one ormore specific signal resources or specific channel resources, where thespecific signal resource or the specific channel resource includes oneor more of the following: a reference signal time domain resource, areference signal frequency domain resource, a synchronizing signal timedomain resource, a synchronizing signal frequency domain resource, abroadcast channel time domain resource, and a broadcast channelfrequency domain resource.

Optionally, the first communication node configures one or more firstresource sets for a second communication node, and time-frequencyresources of multiple configured first resource sets are forbidden topartially overlap or forbidden to completely overlap.

Optionally, when the first communication node configures multiple firstresource sets for the second communication node, the first communicationnode configures priorities for part or all of the multiple firstresource sets.

Optionally, when time-frequency resources of the multiple first resourcesets overlap, whether the overlapped time-frequency resources areallowed to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCHtransmission or whether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmissionneeds to perform rate matching around the overlapped time-frequencyresources is determined through following manner: the determination ismade according to a dynamic signaling indication of a first resource sethaving a higher priority.

Optionally, the first resource set for the second communication nodeincludes one of the following: part of time domain resources in a timedomain resource unit are configured as the first resource set; and partof frequency domain resources in a frequency domain resource unit areconfigured as the first resource set. It is to be added that the timedomain resource unit in this optional embodiment may be a slot, asub-frame or the like, and part of time domain resources may be acertain number of OFDM symbols in a certain slot. The frequency domainresource unit may be a bandwidth with a determined size. For example,the frequency domain resource unit may be N megahertz, or M PRBs or Yresource block groups (RBGs), where N, M and Y are positive integers.

The time domain resource unit and the frequency domain resource unit maybe configured in one of the following manners: a systempre-configuration, a semi-static configuration of a first communicationnode (which may be a base station), and a dynamic configuration of afirst communication node (which may be a base station).

Optionally, the first resource set for the second communication nodeincludes at least one of the following: in a time domain, part of timedomain resources of a periodically configured time domain resource unitare configured as the first resource set; the time domain resource unitis shifted; in a frequency domain, part of frequency domain resources ina frequency domain resource unit within a designated sub-carrier rangeare configured as the first resource set; and in the frequency domain,part of frequency domain resources in a frequency domain resource unitwithin a designated bandwidth range are configured as the first resourceset. It is to be added that this optional embodiment indicates that thefirst resource set may be periodically configured, that is, it isassumed that a fixed time domain resource is one slot or a group ofslots, that is, a certain number of OFDM symbols in each slot or a groupof slots are selected to form the first resource set. Similarly, in thefrequency domain, a certain number of frequency domain resource units ina certain sub-carrier range may also be periodically configured to formthe first resource set. The reference may be made to an embodimentseventeen.

Optionally, when an overlap occurs in time-frequency resources ofmultiple first resource sets, whether the overlapped time-frequencyresources are allowed to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or thePUSCH transmission or whether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCHtransmission needs to perform rate matching around the overlappedtime-frequency resources is determined through following manner: an ANDoperation or an OR operation is performed on dynamic signalingindications of all multiple overlapping first resource sets, and thedetermination is made according results of the AND operation or the ORoperation.

Optionally, the following information is agreed: the dynamic signalingindication being set to 1 is agreed to indicate that all or part of thecorresponding first resource set is allowed to be multiplexed to thePDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission, or that the PDSCHtransmission or the PUSCH transmission does not need to perform ratematching around all or part of resources in the corresponding firstresource set; and the dynamic signaling indication being set to 0 isagreed to indicate that all or part of the corresponding first resourceset is forbidden to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or thePUSCH transmission, or that the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCHtransmission needs to perform rate matching around all or part ofresources in the corresponding first resource set; and the step that theAND operation or the OR operation is performed on dynamic signalingindications of all multiple overlapping first resource sets, and thedetermination is made according results of the AND operation or the ORoperation includes: performing the OR operation on dynamic signalingindications of the multiple overlapping first resource sets, anddetermining whether the overlapped time-frequency resources are allowedto be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission orwhether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission needs toperform rate matching around the overlapped time-frequency resourcesaccording to results of the OR operation.

Optionally, in condition that the dynamic signaling indication being setto 1 is agreed to indicate that all or part of the corresponding firstresource set is forbidden to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission orthe PUSCH transmission or that the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCHtransmission needs to perform rate matching around all or part oftime-frequency resources in the corresponding first resource set, andthe dynamic signaling indication being set to 0 is agreed to indicatethat all or part of the corresponding first resource set is allowed tobe multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission orthat the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission does not need toperform rate matching around all or part of time-frequency resources inthe corresponding first resource set, the method further includes:performing the AND operation on dynamic signaling indications of themultiple overlapping first resource sets, and determining whether theoverlapped time-frequency resources are allowed to be multiplexed to thePDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission or whether the PDSCHtransmission or the PUSCH transmission needs to perform rate matchingaround the overlapped time-frequency resources according to results ofthe AND operation.

Optionally, when an overlap occurs in time-frequency resources ofmultiple first resource sets, the following information is determinedthrough different manner for different types of the first resource sets:information about whether the overlapped time-frequency resources areallowed to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCHtransmission or whether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmissionneeds to perform rate matching around the overlapped time-frequencyresources; where the different types of the first resource sets includeone of the following: time-frequency resource configuration mannersbeing different, time-frequency resource configuration ranges beingdifferent, time-frequency resource configuration granularities beingdifferent, and time-frequency resource configuration priorities beingdifferent.

Optionally, when the first resource set contains multiple secondresource sets or is equivalent to multiple second resource sets (it isto be noted herein that being equivalent to the multiple second resourcesets may include the following case: a first resource set does notcontain multiple second resource sets while time-frequency resources ofa first resource set are configured, but these time-frequency resources,in fact, are multiple time-frequency resources corresponding to themultiple second resource sets, which is marked as being equivalent tothe multiple second resource sets), multiple second resource setsincluded in the same first resource set needs to meet at least one ofthe following characteristics: blind detection moment configurations orblind detection period configurations of the second communication nodein the multiple second resource sets are the same; levels of blinddetection moment configurations or blind detection period configurationsof the multiple second resource sets are the same and are a slot level,where levels of blind detection moment configurations or blind detectionperiod configurations of the multiple second resource sets being theslot level is configured to indicate one of the following: each of theblind detection moment configurations or each of the periodconfigurations is a slot, and each of the blind detection momentconfigurations or each of the period configurations is at intervals ofmultiple slots; levels of blind detection moment configurations or blinddetection period configurations of the multiple second resource sets arethe same and are a mini-slot level, where levels of blind detectionmoment configurations or blind detection period configurations of themultiple second resource sets being the mini-slot level is configured toindicate one of the following: each of the blind detection momentconfigurations or each of the period configurations is a mini-slot, andeach of the blind detection moment configurations or each of the periodconfigurations is at intervals of multiple mini-slots; levels of blinddetection moment configurations or blind detection period configurationsof the multiple second resource sets are the same and are an OFDM symbollevel, where levels of blind detection moment configurations or blinddetection period configurations of the multiple second resource setsbeing the OFDM symbol level is configured to indicate one of thefollowing: each of the blind detection moment configurations or each ofthe period configurations is an OFDM symbol, and each of the blinddetection moment configurations or each of the period configurations isat intervals of multiple OFDM symbols; blind detection momentconfigurations or blind detection period configurations of the multiplesecond resource sets need meet an inclusion relationship, where theinclusion relationship is that: for a second resource set having asparse number of times of blind detections or a sparse periodconfiguration and a second resource set having an intensive number oftimes of blind detections or an intensive period configuration, a blinddetection moment or period configuration of the former is a subset of ablind detection moment or period configuration of the latter; and thenumber of times of occurrence of blind detection moment configurationsor blind detection period configurations of the multiple second resourcesets in a fixed time unit is the same, where the fixed time unitincludes one of the following: a radio frame, a sub-frame, a slot, aPDCCH domain or an uplink control channel range of a slot, and a fixednumber of several OFDM symbols at fixed locations of a slot.

Optionally, the dynamic signaling indication is a multiplexing or ratematching dynamic signaling indication for the first resource set, wherea valid time domain range of the multiplexing or rate matching dynamicsignaling indication for the first resource set is determined to be oneof the following: time-frequency resources corresponding to a firstblind detection moment or a first period configuration moment when thefirst resource set is overlapped with resources used by the transmissionof the PDSCH or the PUSCH; time-frequency resources corresponding to allblind detection moments or all period configuration moments when thefirst resource set is overlapped with resources used by the transmissionof the PDSCH or the PUSCH; time-frequency resources corresponding to allblind detection moments or all period configuration moments when thefirst resource set is overlapped with resources used by the transmissionof the PDSCH or the PUSCH in a PDCCH domain or an uplink control channelresource range; a valid time domain range determined according toresults of a blind detection performed by the second communication nodeon time-frequency resources where the first resource set is overlappedwith resources used by the transmission of the PDSCH or the PUSCH; afirst sub-frame or a first slot where the first resource set isoverlapped with resources used by the transmission of the PDSCH or thePUSCH; and all sub-frames or all slots where the first resource set isoverlapped with resources used by the transmission of the PDSCH or thePUSCH.

Optionally, the PDCCH domain or the uplink control channel resourcerange is allowed to be one of the following levels: a sub-frame level, aslot level, a mini-slot level, and an OFDM symbol level; where inresponse to determining that the PDCCH domain or the uplink controlchannel resource range is the sub-frame level, the PDCCH domain or theuplink control channel resource range is first several OFDM symbols of asub-frame; in response to determining that the PDCCH domain or theuplink control channel resource range is the slot level, the PDCCHdomain or the uplink control channel resource range is first severalOFDM symbols of a slot; in response to determining that the PDCCH domainor the uplink control channel resource range is the mini-slot level, thePDCCH domain or the uplink control channel resource range is firstseveral OFDM symbols of a mini-slot or several OFDM symbols at fixedlocations of a slot; and in response to determining that the PDCCHdomain or the uplink control channel resource range is the OFDM symbollevel, the PDCCH domain or the uplink control channel resource range isOFDM symbols at preset fixed locations.

Optionally, when results of the blind detection of the secondcommunication node are that a PDCCH sent to the second communicationnode is detected, the method further includes: performing, by the secondcommunication node, rate matching around time-frequency resourcesoccupied by the detected PDCCH sent to the second communication node,and for remaining resources other than the time-frequency resourcesoccupied by the PDCCH sent to the second communication node, themultiplexing or rate matching dynamic signaling indication being validfor the following moments: the blind detection moment, and resourceswhere the first resource set overlaps resources used by the PDSCHtransmission; or the multiplexing or rate matching dynamic signalingindication being invalid for the first resource set at the blinddetection moment; where at the blind detection moment, all or part oftime-frequency resources where the first resource set overlaps resourcesused by the PDSCH transmission are forbidden to be multiplexed to thePDSCH transmission, or at the blind detection moment, the PDSCHtransmission needs to perform rate matching around all or part oftime-frequency resources where the first resource set overlaps resourcesused by the PDSCH transmission.

Optionally, when results of the blind detection of the secondcommunication node are that a PDCCH sent to the second communicationnode is not detected, the method further includes: the multiplexing orrate matching dynamic signaling indication being valid for the firstresource set at the blind detection moment; or the multiplexing or ratematching dynamic signaling indication being invalid for the firstresource set at the blind detection moment; where at the blind detectionmoment, all or part of time-frequency resources where the first resourceset overlaps resources used by the PDSCH transmission are allowed to bemultiplexed to the PDSCH transmission, or the PDSCH transmission doesnot need to perform rate matching around all or part of time-frequencyresources where the first resource set overlaps resources used by thePDSCH transmission at the blind detection moment.

Optionally, the first communication node sends a dynamic indication foractivating or inactivating the dynamic signaling indication to thesecond communication node.

Optionally, the first communication node determines the followinginformation about the first resource set for the second communicationnode: dynamic signaling indication for indicating whether the firstresource set is multiplexed to a PDSCH transmission or a PUSCHtransmission or whether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmissionneeds to perform rate matching; and after the above step is executed,the first communication node sends one or more dynamic signalingindications to the second communication node for a first resource set ora group of first resource sets.

Optionally, a first resource set corresponding to the dynamic signalingindication is determined in one of the following manners: a semi-staticconfiguration manner and a dynamic determination manner; where thedynamic signaling indication is allowed to correspond to different firstresource sets in different time units, or is allowed to correspond todifferent numbers of first resource sets in different time units; wherethe time unit includes one of the following: a slot, a mini-slot, anOFDM symbol, and a sub-frame.

Optionally, part or all of bits of the dynamic signaling indication areallowed to indicate at least one of the following meanings: the part orall of bits are used for indicating at least one piece of the followinginformation of a first resource set corresponding to an adjacent bit oran adjacent bit group: a situation of multiplexing or rate matchingafter a time domain split is performed, a situation of multiplexing orrate matching after a frequency domain split is performed, and asituation of multiplexing or rate matching after a space domain split isperformed; the part or all of bits are used for indicating at least onepiece of the following information of a specific first resource set: asituation of multiplexing or rate matching after a time domain split isperformed, a situation of multiplexing or rate matching after afrequency domain split is performed, and a situation of multiplexing orrate matching after a space domain split is performed, where thespecific first resource set is allowed to be one of the following: afirst resource set on which the second communication node needs toperform a blind detection, a first resource set where a PDCCH forscheduling the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission is located,a first resource set sent by the dynamic signaling indication, and aspecific first resource set semi-statically configured by the firstcommunication node; the part or all of bits are used for indicating oneof the following information of all first resource sets corresponding toother bits or bit groups: a situation of multiplexing or rate matchingafter a time domain split is performed, a situation of multiplexing orrate matching after a frequency domain split is performed, and asituation of multiplexing or rate matching after a space domain split isperformed; the part or all of bits are used for indicating whether atleast one of following conditions occur in a subsequent time unit:activation of a carrier or a bandwidth part, deactivation of a carrieror a bandwidth part, and handover of a carrier or a bandwidth part; andthe part or all of bits are used for indicating whether a length of adynamic signaling indication sent by a subsequent time unit changes.

Optionally, the split includes: at least one of the following of thefirst resource set is split equally: a time domain, a frequency domainand a space domain; where n equal split is determined to be performedaccording to the number of redundant bits, and n is a positive integer;and after the equal split is performed, non-redundant bits and redundantbits jointly indicate which equally split parts of the first resourceset are capable of being multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or thePUSCH transmission, or on which equally split parts the PDSCH or thePUSCH does not need to perform rate matching; where the redundant bit ispart or all of the bits.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, anothermethod for determining time-frequency resources is further provided. Themethod includes steps described below.

In step 1, a second communication node receives information about afirst resource set transmitted by a first communication node, where theinformation includes at least one of the following: time-frequencyresources of a second resource set included in the first resource set,configuration information of the second resource set included in thefirst resource set, time-frequency resource configuration information ofthe first resource set, and a dynamic signaling indication used forindicating whether the first resource set is multiplexed to a PDSCHtransmission or a PUSCH transmission or whether the PDSCH transmissionor the PUSCH transmission needs to perform rate matching.

In step 2, one of the following configuration information is determinedaccording to the information: time-frequency resources allowed to bemultiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission andtime-frequency resources on which the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCHtransmission does not need to perform rate matching; where the PDSCHtransmission includes a process in which data is transmitted to thesecond communication node through a PDSCH, and the PUSCH transmissionincludes a process in which the second communication node transmits datato the first communication node through a PUSCH.

Optionally, the first resource set is one of the following information:one or more resource sets or uplink control channel resources or uplinkreservation resources, or complete or partial resource sets or uplinkcontrol channel resources or uplink reservation resources; one or moreCORESETs or uplink control channel resources or uplink reservationresources, or complete or partial CORESETs or uplink control channelresources or uplink reservation resources; and one or more specificsignal resources or specific channel resources, where the specificsignal resource or the specific channel resource includes one of thefollowing: a reference signal resource, a synchronizing signal resource,and a broadcast channel resource.

Optionally, the second resource set includes one of the followinginformation: one or more complete or partial CORESETs; and one or morespecific signal resources or specific channel resources, where thespecific signal resource or the specific channel resource includes oneof the following: a reference signal resource, a synchronizing signalresource, and a broadcast channel resource.

Optionally, the dynamic signaling indication is a multiplexing or ratematching dynamic signaling indication for the first resource set, wherea valid time domain range of the multiplexing or rate matching dynamicsignaling indication for the first resource set is determined to be oneof the following: time-frequency resources corresponding to a firstblind detection moment or a first period configuration moment when thefirst resource set is overlapped with resources used by the transmissionof the PDSCH or the PUSCH; time-frequency resources corresponding to allblind detection moments or all period configuration moments when thefirst resource set is overlapped with resources used by the transmissionof the PDSCH or the PUSCH; time-frequency resources corresponding to allblind detection moments or all period configuration moments when thefirst resource set is overlapped with resources used by the transmissionof the PDSCH or the PUSCH in a PDCCH domain or an uplink control channelresource range;

a valid time domain range determined according to results of a blinddetection performed by the second communication node on time-frequencyresources where the first resource set is overlapped with resources usedby the transmission of the PDSCH or the PUSCH; a first sub-frame or afirst slot where the first resource set is overlapped with resourcesused by the transmission of the PDSCH or the PUSCH; and all sub-framesor all slots where the first resource set is overlapped with resourcesused by the transmission of the PDSCH or the PUSCH.

Optionally, the second communication node performs the blind detection,where when results of the blind detection of the second communicationnode are that a PDCCH sent to the second communication node is detected,the method further includes: performing, by the second communicationnode, rate matching around time-frequency resources occupied by thedetected PDCCH sent to the second communication node, and for remainingresources other than the time-frequency resources occupied by the PDCCHsent to the second communication node, determining, by the secondcommunication node, that the multiplexing or rate matching dynamicsignaling indication is valid for the following moments: the blinddetection moment, and resources where the first resource set overlapsresources used by the PDSCH transmission; or determining, by the secondcommunication node, that the multiplexing or rate matching dynamicsignaling indication is invalid for the first resource set at the blinddetection moment; where at the blind detection moment, all or part oftime-frequency resources where the first resource set overlaps resourcesused by the PDSCH transmission are forbidden to be multiplexed to thePDSCH transmission, or the PDSCH transmission needs to perform ratematching around all or part of time-frequency resources where the firstresource set overlaps resources used by the PDSCH transmission at theblind detection moment.

Optionally, the second communication node performs the blind detection,where when results of the blind detection of the second communicationnode are that a PDCCH sent to the second communication node is notdetected, the method further includes: the multiplexing or rate matchingdynamic signaling indication being valid for the first resource set atthe blind detection moment; or the multiplexing or rate matching dynamicsignaling indication being invalid for the first resource set at theblind detection moment; where at the blind detection moment, all or partof time-frequency resources where the first resource set overlapsresources used by the PDSCH transmission are allowed to be multiplexedto the PDSCH transmission, or the PDSCH transmission does not need toperform rate matching around all or part of time-frequency resourceswhere the first resource set overlaps resources used by the PDSCHtransmission at the blind detection moment.

The present disclosure will be described below in conjunction withexemplary embodiments.

Embodiment One

The base station semi-statically configures multiple resource sets forthe terminal and may configure the multiple resource sets through RRCsignaling. Time-frequency resources of the multiple configured resourcesets do not overlap.

When the base station configures resource sets for the terminal, thebase station needs to configure time-frequency resources occupied by theresource sets in a time-frequency resource unit, and also needs toconfigure time-frequency resource units in which the resource setsappear or time-frequency resource units in which the terminal monitorsthe resource sets. The time domain configuration in the time-frequencyunit may be configured through at least one of the following: a period,a time unit offset and a time unit pattern. The frequency domainconfiguration of the time-frequency resource unit may be configuredthrough at least one of the following: a carrier, a bandwidth part (BWP)in the carrier, several RBGs on the BWP in the carrier and several PRBson the BWP in the carrier.

If the base station does not configure the time-frequency resource unitin which the resource sets appear, the terminal may consider that theresource sets appear in each time-frequency resource unit, or theterminal needs to monitor the resource sets in all time-frequencyresource units.

Embodiment Two

The base station semi-statically configures multiple resource sets forthe terminal and may configure the multiple resource sets through RRCsignaling. Time-frequency resources of the multiple configured resourcesets may overlap. The overlap herein may be partial overlap, or may becomplete overlap. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of partial overlap orcomplete overlap according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG.2 , from left to right, complete overlap, partial overlap and completeoverlap are shown respectively.

When the base station configures the resource sets, the base station mayindicate a priority of each resource set or priorities of resource setswhere resources overlap in an explicit or implicit manner.

As an example, the explicit manner may be to pre-configure by a systemor semi-statically configure a priority sequence number x of theresource set, where x is an integer, and priority sequence numbers fromsmall to large indicate that priorities are from high to low, orpriority sequence numbers from large to small indicate that prioritiesare from high to low.

In another example, the explicit manner may be to pre-configure by asystem or semi-statically configure resource sets meeting acharacteristic 1 as high priorities and remaining resource sets failingto the characteristic 1 as low priorities.

The characteristic 1 may be, but is not limited to, one of thefollowing: a resource set containing all or part of time-frequencyresources meeting a characteristic 2; and a resource set whoseconfiguration manner meets a characteristic 3.

The characteristic 2 may be, but is not limited to, one of thefollowing: being a specific or dedicated time-frequency resource, suchas a time-frequency resource occupied by a certain reference signal(RS), which for example, may be a synchronizing signal, a channel stateindication-RS (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS), ademodulation reference signal (DMRS), a phase tracking reference signal(PTRS), etc., and a time-frequency resource occupied by a certain publicchannel, which for example, may be a physical broadcast channel (PBCH),a channel bearing system information, etc.; and being a reservationresource.

The characteristic 3 may be, but is not limited to, one of thefollowing: containing a certain configuration granularity, such asresource element (RE)-level configuration granularity and a resourceblock (RB)-level configuration granularity; configuration signalingbeing a certain specific format; and configuration signaling being acertain specific length or greater than a certain length.

The implicit manner may be that a resource set index itself represents apriority sequence, the resource set indexes from low to high representthat priorities are from high to low, or the resource set indexes fromhigh to low represent that priorities are from high to low.

When the dynamic signaling indicates whether a PDSCH resource needs toperform rate matching on the resource set or part of resources of theresource set, for multiple resource sets where resources overlap, ifdynamic signaling indications of the multiple resource sets areconsistent, that is, their dynamic signaling indications all indicatethat rate matching needs to be performed or the rate matching does notneed to be performed, the rate matching of the PDSCH is performedaccording to the dynamic signaling indications; and if their dynamicsignaling indications are inconsistent, rate matching needs to beperformed on some resource sets or part of resources thereof, and ratematching does not need to be performed on some resource sets or part ofresources thereof, which is determined according to indications of theresource sets with high priority or part of resources thereof. Whetherrate matching needs to be performed is determined based on theindication of the resource sets with high priority or part of resourcesthereof.

Embodiment Three

The base station semi-statically configures multiple resource sets forthe terminal and may configure the multiple resource sets through RRCsignaling.

The base station sends a dynamic signaling indication to the terminal toindicate a PDSCH transmission corresponding to a certain scheduling,resources of which resource sets may be occupied by the overlappedPDSCH, that is, rate matching does not need to be performed, andresources of which resource sets cannot be occupied by the PDSCH, thatis, rate matching needs to be performed.

For multiple resource sets where resources overlap, if dynamic signalingindications are different, then for the overlap area, as long as thedynamic signaling indication of at least one of resource sets indicatesthat rate matching does not need to be performed, rate matching of thePDSCH does not need to be performed on the overlap area. Only whendynamic signaling indications of all resource sets where overlappingoccurs indicate that rate matching needs to be performed, rate matchingof the PDSCH needs to be performed on the overlap area.

If a dynamic signaling indication corresponding to a certain resourceset being set to “1” indicates that rate matching does not need to beperformed and the dynamic signaling indication being set to “0”indicates that rate matching needs to be performed, for the overlap areaof multiple resource sets, a OR operation is performed according to thedynamic signaling indication of each resource set which belongs to theoverlap area, and whether resource multiplexing or rate matching needsto be performed on the overlap area is determined according to resultsof the OR operation: if the result of the OR operation is “1”, ratematching does not need to be performed on the overlap area, and if theresult of the OR operation is “0”, rate matching needs to be performedon the overlap area.

If a dynamic signaling indication corresponding to a certain resourceset being set to “1” indicates that rate matching needs to be performedand the dynamic signaling indication being set to “0” indicates thatrate matching does not need to be performed, for the overlap area ofmultiple resource sets, an AND operation is performed according to thedynamic signaling indication of each resource set which belongs to theoverlap area, and whether resource multiplexing or rate matching needsto be performed on the overlap area is determined according to resultsof the AND operation: if the result of the AND operation is “0”, ratematching does not need to be performed on the overlap area, and if theresult of the AND operation is “1”, rate matching needs to be performedon the overlap area.

In this embodiment, FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a dynamicindication manner according to an exemplary embodiment of the presentdisclosure. As shown in FIG. 3 , a black block in Resource set 1 denotesa PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH. For a PDCCH resource scheduling the PDSCH,regardless of whether the PDSCH needs to perform rate matching on otherresources of a resource set where the PDCCH resource is located, thePDSCH needs to perform rate matching around time-frequency resourcesoccupied by the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH. In addition, if the terminalblindly detects a common PDCCH or a group-common PDCCH in a certainresource set, regardless of whether the PDSCH needs to perform ratematching on the resource set, the PDSCH needs to perform rate matchingaround time-frequency resources occupied by at least one of the commonPDCCH and the group-common PDCCH.

Embodiment Four

The base station semi-statically configures multiple resource sets forthe terminal and may configure the multiple resource sets through RRCsignaling.

The base station sends a dynamic signaling indication to the terminal toindicate a PDSCH transmission corresponding to a certain scheduling,resources of which resource sets may be occupied by the overlappedPDSCH, that is, rate matching does not need to be performed, andresources of which resource sets cannot be occupied by the PDSCH, thatis, rate matching needs to be performed. The dynamic signalingindication may be valid on part of OFDM symbols of one slot.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram according to an embodiment 4. As shown inFIG. 4 , a PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH is sent in Resource set 1, and adynamic signaling indication indicating whether the PDSCH multiplexesresources of the semi-statically configured resource sets is sent inthis PDCCH or another PDCCH. Assuming that the dynamic signalingindication for Resource set 1 is “1”, which indicates that all or partof time-frequency resources of Resource set 1 may be multiplexed by thePDSCH, the PDSCH does not need to perform rate matching on all or partof time-frequency resources of Resource set 1. When a dynamic signalingindication of Resource set 2 is “0”, which indicates that all or part oftime-frequency resources of Resource set 2 may not be multiplexed by thePDSCH, the PDSCH needs to perform rate matching on all or part oftime-frequency resources of Resource set 2.

Resource set 1 and Resource set 2 have their own monitor occasionconfiguration. The monitor occasion configuration of Resource set 1 isin a slot level. For example, each slot needs to be monitored or eachseveral slots need to be monitored. One slot only has one monitoroccasion at most. The monitor occasion configuration of Resource set 2is in a min-slot level or an OFDM symbol level, and one slot may havemultiple monitor occasions.

The dynamic signaling indications of Resource set 1 and Resource set 2are valid on only one monitor occasion. For example, the monitoroccasion may be a first monitor occasion where Resource set 1, Resourceset 2 and resource allocation of the PDSCH overlap in a slot where aPDSCH transmission corresponding to the dynamic signaling indication islocated. Using FIG. 4 as an example, for Resource set 1, the validmonitor occasion is Occasion 1 of Resource set 1, and for Resource set2, the valid monitor occasion is Occasion 1 of Resource set 2.

Embodiment Five

Still using FIG. 4 as an example, in a corresponding resource set, thedynamic signaling indications of Resource set 1 and Resource set 2 arevalid on all monitor occasions which overlap resource allocation of acorresponding PDSCH. For example, the all monitor occasions may be allmonitor occasions where Resource set 1, Resource set 2 and resourceallocation of the PDSCH overlap in a slot where a PDSCH transmissioncorresponding to the dynamic signaling indication is located. Using FIG.4 as an example, for Resource set 1, the valid monitor occasion isOccasion 1 of Resource set 1, and for Resource set 2, the valid monitoroccasion is Occasion 1 and Occasion 2 of Resource set 2.

Embodiment Six

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram according to an embodiment 6. As shown inFIG. 5 , in a corresponding resource set, the dynamic signalingindications of Resource set 1 and Resource set 2 are valid on allmonitor occasions which overlap resource allocation of a correspondingPDSCH. A PDCCH domain usually is first several OFDM symbols of one slot.In the PDCCH domain, dynamic signaling indications are valid on allmonitor occasions where Resource set 1, Resource set 2 and resourceallocation of the PDSCH overlap. Using FIG. 5 as an example, forResource set 1, the valid monitor occasion is Occasion 1 of Resource set1, and for Resource set 2, the valid monitor occasion is Occasion 1 andOccasion 2 of Resource set 2. Occasion 3 also overlaps resourceallocation of the PDSCH, but since Occasion 3 is not within the PDCCHdomain, the dynamic signaling indication is not valid in Occasion 3 ofResource set 2.

Embodiment Seven

Still using FIG. 4 as an example, for the dynamic signaling indicationsof Resource set 1 and Resource set 2, their valid ranges are related tothe blind detection of the terminal. For example, in a correspondingresource set, the dynamic signaling indications are valid on a firstmonitor occasion which overlaps resource allocation of a correspondingPDSCH. In FIG. 4 , the first monitor occasion in Resource set 1 isOccasion 1, and the first monitor occasion in Resource set 2 isOccasion 1. For other monitor occasions which overlap resourceallocation of the PDSCH, for example, Occasion 2 of Resource set 2 inFIG. 4 , whether the dynamic signaling indication is valid depends onresults of the blind detection performed by the terminal on the resourceset in a corresponding monitor occasion.

The blind detection includes the following.

1) If the terminal does not blindly detect a PDCCH sent by the basestation to the terminal itself on a corresponding occasion,

time-frequency resources of a corresponding resource set on thisoccasion, which overlap resource allocation of a corresponding PDSCH,may be used for the PDSCH transmission, that is, the terminal does notneed to perform rate matching on the PDSCH in correspondingtime-frequency resources, which is not related to the dynamic signalingindication; or the indication of the dynamic signaling indication forthis resource set continues to be valid.

2) If the terminal detects the PDCCH sent by the base station to theterminal itself on a corresponding occasion,

a corresponding resource set cannot be used for the PDSCH transmissionon this occasion, that is, the terminal needs to perform rate matchingon the PDSCH in corresponding time-frequency resources, which is notrelated to the dynamic signaling indication.

Alternatively, in the corresponding resource set on this occasion, whenthe terminal blindly detects resources other than time-frequencyresources occupied by the PDCCH, the indication of the dynamic signalingindication for this resource set continues to be valid.

Embodiment Eight

Using FIG. 5 as an example, for the dynamic signaling indications ofResource set 1 and Resource set 2, their valid ranges are related to theblind detection of the terminal. For example, in a correspondingresource set, the dynamic signaling indication is valid on all monitoroccasions which overlap resource allocation of a corresponding PDSCH. InFIG. 5 , the valid monitor occasion in Resource set 1 is Occasion 1, andthe valid monitor occasion in Resource set 2 is Occasion 1 and Occasion2. For other monitor occasions which overlap resource allocation of thePDSCH, for example, Occasion 3 of Resource set 2 in FIG. 5 , whether thedynamic signaling indication is valid depends on results of the blinddetection performed by the terminal on the resource set on acorresponding monitor occasion.

The result of the blind detection is as follows.

1) If the terminal does not blindly detect a PDCCH sent by the basestation to the terminal itself on a corresponding occasion,

time-frequency resources of a corresponding resource set on thisoccasion, which overlap resource allocation of a corresponding PDSCH,may be used for the PDSCH transmission, that is, the terminal does notneed to perform rate matching on the PDSCH in correspondingtime-frequency resources, which is not related to the dynamic signalingindication; or the indication of the dynamic signaling indication forthis resource set continues to be valid.

2) If the terminal detects the PDCCH sent by the base station to theterminal itself on a corresponding occasion,

a corresponding resource set cannot be used for the PDSCH transmissionon this occasion, that is, the terminal needs to perform rate matchingon the PDSCH in corresponding time-frequency resources, which is notrelated to the dynamic signaling indication.

Alternatively, in the corresponding resource set on this occasion, whenthe terminal blindly detects resources other than time-frequencyresources occupied by the PDCCH, the indication of the dynamic signalingindication for this resource set continues to be valid.

Embodiment Nine

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram according to an embodiment 9. As shown inFIG. 6 , when a PDSCH scheduled in Resource set 1 occupies multipleslots, a multiplexing resource dynamic signaling indication which issent by the base station to the terminal and corresponds to the PDSCHtransmission is only valid in a first slot of resource allocation of thePDSCH, and is invalid in other slots of resource allocation of thePDSCH, that is, in FIG. 5 , the dynamic signaling indication of Resourceset 1 and Resource set 2 are only valid in Slot 1 and invalid in Slot 2.

Embodiment Ten

As shown in FIG. 6 , when the PDSCH scheduled in Resource set 1 occupiesmultiple slots, a multiplexing resource dynamic signaling indicationwhich is sent by the base station to the terminal and corresponds to thePDSCH transmission is valid in all slots included in resource allocationof the PDSCH, that is, in FIG. 5 , the dynamic signaling indication ofResource set 1 and Resource set 2 are valid in both Slot 1 and Slot 2.

Embodiment Eleven

As shown in FIG. 6 , when the PDSCH scheduled in Resource set 1 occupiesmultiple slots, a multiplexing resource dynamic signaling indicationwhich is sent by the base station to the terminal and corresponds to thePDSCH transmission is valid in a first slot of resource allocation ofthe PDSCH, that is, this indication is valid in Slot 1 in FIG. 5 ; forother slots included in resource allocation of the PDSCH, that is, Slot2 in FIG. 5 , dynamic signaling 2 is required to be indicate. Accordingto the indication of the dynamic singling 2, whether a correspondingresource set in Slot 2 may be multiplexed the PDSCH scheduled inResource set 1 is determined. The dynamic singling 2 may be one of thefollowing:

an indication indicating activation/inactivation of a dynamic signalingindication sent in Slot 1; and

a new dynamic signaling indication, which is not related to the dynamicsignaling indication sent in Slot 1, where an indicated resource set maybe different from the dynamic signaling indication sent in Slot 1.

Embodiment Twelve

When a gNB configures time-frequency resources of a resource set, if oneresource set contains multiple CORESETs, monitor occasions of themultiple CORESETs configured in the same resource set should meet acertain requirement. The requirement may be one or a more of thefollowing:

-   -   1) a monitor occasion configuration of each CORESET is totally        the same, that is, the CORESET is blindly detected on the same        radio frame or sub-frame or slot or OFDM symbol;    -   2) a monitor occasion configuration level of each CORESET is the        same and is a slot level, for example, the CORESET may be        blindly detected on each slot or every multiple slots;    -   3) a monitor occasion configuration level of each CORESET is the        same and is a mini-slot level, for example, the CORESET may be        blindly detected on each mini-slot or every multiple mini-slots;    -   4) a monitor occasion configuration level of each CORESET is the        same and is an OFDM symbol level, for example, the CORESET may        be blindly detected on each OFDM symbol or every multiple OFDM        symbols; and    -   5) a monitor occasion configuration of each CORESET needs to        meet an inclusion relationship, for example, for a CORESET with        a sparse number of times of blind detections and a CORESET with        an intensive number of times of blind detections, blind        detection moment of the former is a subset of blind detection        moment of the latter. As shown in FIG. 7 , CORESET 1 and CORESET        4 are configured in the same resource set, and since the monitor        occasion of CORESET 1 is each slot while the monitor occasion of        CORESET 4 is each odd slot, the monitor occasion of CORESET 4 is        a sub-set of the monitor occasion of CORESET 1. CORESET 2 and        CORESET 3 may be configured in the same resource set, and since        the monitor occasion of CORESET 2 is OFDM symbols {0 2 5 12} of        each slot while the monitor occasion of CORESET 3 is an OFDM        symbol {5} of each slot, the monitor occasion of CORESET 3 is a        sub-set of the monitor occasion of CORESET 2.

The number of times of appearance of the monitor occasion configurationof each CORESET in a fixed time unit is the same. For example, with oneslot as the fixed time unit, CORESETs whose monitor occasion appearsonce in one slot may be configured in the same resource set. As shown inFIG. 7 , CORESET 1 and CORESET 3 may be configured in the same resourceset, because their monitor occasion appears once in one slot.

After a resource set containing multiple CORESETs is configuredaccording to the above rule, a dynamic signaling indication for thisresource set is valid in corresponding unit time, where the unit timemay be a sub-frame or multiple sub-frames, or a slot or multiple slots,or a PDCCH domain of one slot or PDCCH domains of multiple slots, or afixed number of OFDM symbols. In time-frequency resources which overlapresource allocation of the PDSCH, all monitor occasions of all CORESETsincluded in the resource set in the unit time follow the dynamicsignaling indication.

Alternatively, after one resource set containing multiple CORESETs isconfigured according to the above rule, the dynamic signaling indicationfor this resource set is valid on a single monitor occasion. The singlemonitor occasion may be time-frequency resources corresponding to afirst monitor occasion of each CORESET included in this resource set intime-frequency resources where the resource set overlaps resourceallocation of the PDSCH.

Embodiment Thirteen

The base station semi-statically configures multiple resource sets forthe terminal and may configure the multiple resource sets through RRCsignaling.

The base station sends a dynamic signaling indication to the terminal toindicate a PDSCH transmission corresponding to a certain scheduling,resources of which resource sets may be occupied by the overlappedPDSCH, that is, rate matching does not need to be performed, andresources of which resource sets cannot be occupied by the PDSCH, thatis, rate matching needs to be performed.

For the overlap area of multiple resource sets, the base station mayconfigure a principle to determine whether the scheduled PDSCHtransmission performs rate matching on the overlap area. The principlemay be configured through RRC signaling or system informationsemi-statically or through the PDCCH dynamically.

For the overlap area of multiple resource sets, different principles maybe adopted to determine whether the scheduled PDSCH transmissionperforms rate matching on the overlap area. For example, for differentconfiguration manners or a resource set containing different types oftime-frequency resources, different principles may be adopted. FIG. 8 isa schematic diagram 1 according to an embodiment thirteen. As shown inFIG. 8 , when Resource set 1 and Resource set 2 are configured in aconfiguration manner 1 or configured as resource sets containing thetype 1 of time-frequency resources and Resource set 3 is configured in aconfiguration manner 2 or configured as a resource set containing thetype 2 of time-frequency resources, for an overlap area OA1 of Resourceset 1 and Resource set 2, whether the PDSCH needs to perform ratematching on OA1 is determined according a principle 1, and for anoverlap area OA2 of Resource set 1 and Resource set 3, whether the PDSCHneeds to perform rate matching on OA2 is determined according aprinciple 2. The principle 1 and the principle 2 may be one of thefollowing.

1) In resource sets where overlapping occurs, as long as one resourceset is indicated by the dynamic singling indication to be unable to bemultiplexed by the PDSCH, the PDSCH needs to perform rate matching onthe resource sets, and regardless of whether the PDSCH needs to performrate matching on other resource sets, the overlap area cannot bemultiplexed by the PDSCH, and the PDSCH needs to perform rate matchingon the overlap area.

2) In resource sets where overlapping occurs, as long as one resourceset is indicated by the dynamic singling indication to be able to bemultiplexed by the PDSCH, the PDSCH does not need to perform ratematching on the resource sets, and regardless of whether the PDSCH needsto perform rate matching on other resource sets, the overlap area can bemultiplexed by the PDSCH, and the PDSCH does not need to perform ratematching on the overlap area.

3) According to resource set priorities semi-statically configured orpre-configured by a system or resource set priorities which areequivalent to priorities semi-statically configured or pre-configured bythe system, when a resource set having a high priority overlaps aresource set having a low priority, a dynamic signaling indication ofthe resource set having a high priority is followed to determine whetherthe overlap area can be multiplexed by the PDSCH and whether the PDSCHneeds to perform rate matching on the overlap area.

Embodiment Fourteen

The dynamic singling indication may contain one or more bits forindicating whether one or more resource set time-frequency resources canbe used by the scheduled PDSCH transmission or whether the scheduledPDSCH transmission needs to perform rate matching on resource settime-frequency resources. The resource set indicated by a certain one ormultiple bits in the dynamic signaling indication may be semi-staticallyconfigured, or may be dynamically changed.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram 1 according to an embodiment fourteen. Asshown in FIG. 9 , when the resource set is configured semi-statically,the base station may configure an x-th bit or bit group in dynamicsignaling indications corresponding to Resource 1 and Resource 2 andconfigure a y-th bit or bit group in a dynamic signaling indicationcorresponding to Resource set 3 through RRC signaling or systeminformation, where x and y are positive integers not greater than alength of the dynamic signaling indication. In one slot, time-frequencyresources corresponding to Resource set 1 and Resource set 2 may be thesame or different, and may be semi-statically configured by the basestation through RRC signaling or system information. At least one of thefollowing parameters of Resource set 1 and Resource set 2 is different:a configuration period, a time domain offset and a monitor occasion, andthese parameters may also be semi-statically configured by the basestation through RRC signaling or system information. Therefore, the basestation, through RRC signaling or system information, maysemi-statically configure a time unit appearing in Resource set 1, thex-th bit or bit group corresponding to Resource set 1 in the dynamicsignaling indication, a time unit appearing in Resource set 2, the x-thbit or bit group corresponding to Resource set 2 in the dynamicsignaling indication, and the y-th bit or bit group corresponding toResource set 3 in the dynamic signaling indication.

As shown in FIG. 9 , when the resource set is configured dynamically,the base station may configure an x-th bit or bit group in dynamicsignaling indications corresponding to Resource 1 and Resource 2 andconfigure a y-th bit or bit group in a dynamic signaling indicationcorresponding to Resource set 3 through RRC signaling or systeminformation, where x and y are positive integers not greater than alength of the dynamic signaling indication. In one slot, time-frequencyresources corresponding to Resource set 1 and Resource set 2 may be thesame or different, and may be semi-statically configured by the basestation through RRC signaling or system information. At least one of thefollowing parameters of Resource set 1 and Resource set 2 is different:a configuration period, a time domain offset and a monitor occasion, andthese parameters may also be semi-statically configured by the basestation through RRC signaling or system information. According to theconfiguration of the base station, when the terminal may determine thatonly Resource set 1 or Resource set 2 exists in a certain time unitscheduled by the PDSCH (which may be a sub-frame or a slot or amini-slot or an OFDM symbol group), the resource set corresponding tothe x-th bit or bit group may be Resource set 1 or Resource set 2, andthe y-th bit or bit group in the dynamic signaling set alwayscorresponds to Resource set 3.

Configurations of Resource set 1 and Resource set 2 may also be shown inFIG. 10 . FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram 2 according to an embodimentfourteen. The x-th bit or bit group in the dynamic signaling indicationcorresponds to Resource set 1 in some time units (such as slots 1, 3 and5) or corresponds to Resource set 1 and Resource set 2 in some timeunits (such as slots 2, 4 and 6), that is, a resource set index as wellas the number of resource sets corresponding to the x-th bit or bitgroup may be different, and may also be semi-statically configured ordetermined by the terminal according to the configuration of theresource set.

Embodiment Fifteen

When the base station configures a length of dynamic signaling to be mbits and configures the number of candidate multiplexed resource setsthat the dynamic signaling needs to indicate to be m+1, which resourceset the m bits of the dynamic signaling correspond to depends on aresource set stored in a certain time unit and a resource set whichoverlaps resource allocation for the scheduled PDSCH transmission.

Using m=2 as an example, the length of the dynamic signaling is 2 bits,and the number of candidate multiplexed resource sets is 3, which aremarked as Resource set 1, Resource set 2 and Resource set 3respectively.

If these three resource sets exist in a certain time unit and alloverlap resource allocation of the PDSCH transmission scheduled by thecurrent time unit, one of the following manners or a combination thereofis adopted.

According to a sequence order or priority order of the resource sets,2-bit dynamic signaling cannot indicate the multiplexing of the lastresource set, that is, the terminal considers by default that the lastresource set cannot be multiplexed by the PDSCH and the PDSCH needs toperform rate matching on the last resource set.

According to a sequence order or priority order of the resource sets, 1bit in the dynamic signaling indication is used for jointly indicatingthe multiplexing of last two resource sets, that is, both the last tworesource sets are multiplexed or the both are not multiplexed.

If in a certain time unit, the number of resource sets that overlapresource allocation of the PDSCH transmission scheduled by the currenttime unit is 2, 2 bits of the dynamic signaling indicate the tworesource sets respectively.

If in a certain time unit, the number of resource sets that overlapresource allocation of the PDSCH transmission scheduled by the currenttime unit is less than 2, for example, 1, redundant bits exist in thedynamic indication signaling.

Embodiment Sixteen

When there is redundancy in the number of bits contained in dynamicindication signaling transmitted by a certain time unit compared to thenumber of resources sets that the current time unit needs to indicate,redundant bits may have one of functions or a combination thereof.

The redundant bits are used for indicating multiplexing or rate matchingafter at least one of a time domain, a frequency domain and a spacedomain of a resource set corresponding to an adjacent bit or bit groupis split.

The redundant bits are used for indicating multiplexing or rate matchingafter at least one of a time domain, a frequency domain and a spacedomain of a specific resource set is split. The specific resource setmay be a resource set that the terminal needs to monitor, or a resourceset of a PDCCH receiving the scheduled PDSCH transmission, or a resourceset sent by the dynamic signaling indication, or a specific resource setsemi-statically configured by the base station.

The redundant bits are used for indicating multiplexing or rate matchingafter at least one of a time domain, a frequency domain and a spacedomain of every other resource set corresponding to all other adjacentbits or bit groups is split.

The redundant bits are used for indicating whether activation anddeactivation or handover of a carrier or a BWP occur in a subsequenttime unit. The split is that at least one of a time domain, a frequencydomain and a space domain of a corresponding resource set is equallysplit and may be equally split into n part according to the number ofredundant bits, where n is a positive integer, and after the equal splitis performed, non-redundant bits and redundant bits jointly indicatewhich equally split parts of the corresponding resource set are capableof being multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission, or the PDSCH does notneed to perform rate matching on which equally split parts.

The redundant bits are used for indicating whether a length of a dynamicsignaling indication sent by a subsequent time unit changes. Forexample, a state ‘0’ represents that the length does not change, and astate ‘1’ represents that the length changes. For example, the length isrecued or increased by z bits, where z may be equal to, but is notlimited to, the number of redundant bits or 1.

Embodiment Seventeen

The base station configures one or more resource sets for the terminal,where some resource sets are configured to contain one or more completeor partial CORESETs while configurations of other resource sets are notrelated to the CORESET, or although specific time-frequency resourcesoverlap the CORESET, the base station does not configure resource setswith specific CORESET sequences, but directly configures specifictime-frequency resources contained in the resource sets in an explicitmanner. During configuring, at least one of following resources may beconfigured: time domain resources contained in a time domain resourceunit, frequency domain resources contained in a frequency domainresource unit, a period and offset of a time domain resource unit in atime domain, and a period and offset of a frequency domain resource unitin a frequency domain.

For example, the time domain resource unit may be a slot or a sub-frame,and the base station configures a certain resource set for occupyingpart of OFDM symbols of the slot or sub-frame in a time domain resourceunit.

The frequency domain resource unit may be N PRBs, for example, 25 or 50PRBs, and the base station configures a certain resource set foroccupying part of PRBs of the N PRBs in a frequency domain resourceunit.

The period of the time domain resource unit in the time domain may beone or more time domain resource units. For example, if the period isconfigured as 2 slots, it means that in every 2 slots, part of OFDMsymbols of one slot is time domain resources of the resource set. Theoffset of the time domain resource unit in the time domain representsthat time domain resources of the resource set exist in a time domainresource unit (which one time domain resource depends to a value of theoffset) in a time domain period. If the offset is set to 1, it meansthat part of OFDM symbols of a first time domain resource unit in eachtime domain period is time domain resources of the resource set.

The period of the frequency domain resource unit in the frequency domainmay be one or more frequency domain resource units, and may be limitedto be one or more carried bandwidths or one or more BWPs of one carrierbandwidth. For example, if the period is set to 2 frequency domainresource units, it means that in every 2 frequency domain resourceunits, part of PRBs of one frequency domain resource unit is frequencydomain resources of the resource set. The offset of the frequency domainresource unit in the frequency domain represents that frequency domainresources of the resource set exist in a frequency domain resource unit(which one frequency domain resource unit depends on a value of theoffset) in one frequency domain period. If the offset is set to 1, itmeans that part of PRBs of a first frequency domain resource unit ineach frequency domain period is frequency domain resources of theresource set.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of another method for configuring a firstresource set according to an embodiment seventeen. As shown in FIG. 11 ,FIG. 11 shows a graphical representation of the above description.

From the above description of embodiments, it will be apparent to thoseskilled in the art that the method in the embodiments described abovemay be implemented by software plus a necessary general-purpose hardwareplatform, or may of course be implemented by hardware. However, in manycases, the former is a preferred implementation mode. Based on thisunderstanding, the solutions provided by the present disclosuresubstantially, or the part contributing to the related art, may beembodied in the form of a software product. The computer softwareproduct is stored in a storage medium (such as a read-only memory(ROM)/random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk)and includes several instructions for enabling a terminal device (whichmay be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, a network device, or thelike) to execute the methods according to each embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

Embodiment Eighteen

This embodiment further provides a device for determining time-frequencyresources for implementing the above-mentioned embodiments and preferredembodiments. What has been described will not be repeated. As usedbelow, the term “module” may be software, hardware or a combinationthereof capable of implementing predetermined functions. The apparatusdescribed in the following embodiment is preferably implemented bysoftware, but implementation by hardware or a combination of softwareand hardware is also possible and conceived.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, a device fordetermining time-frequency resources is further provided. The device isapplied to a first communication node and includes a first determinationmodule and a transmission module.

The first determination module is configured to determine at least onepiece of the following information about a first resource set for asecond communication node: time-frequency resources of a second resourceset contained in the first resource set, configuration information ofthe second resource set contained in the first resource set,time-frequency resource configuration information of the first resourceset, and a dynamic signaling indication used for indicating whether thefirst resource set is multiplexed to a PDSCH transmission or a PUSCHtransmission or whether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmissionneeds to perform rate matching.

The transmission module is configured to transmit the information to thesecond communication node, where the PDSCH transmission includes aprocess in which data is transmitted to the second communication nodethrough a PDSCH, and the PUSCH transmission includes a process in whichthe second communication node transmits data to the first communicationnode through a PUSCH.

It is to be added that the method executed by the first determinationmodule in the above Embodiment one may be executed by the above deviceapplied to the first determination module.

Optionally, the first resource set is one of the following information:one or more complete or partial resource sets; one or more complete orpartial CORESETs; and one or more specific signal resources or specificchannel resources, where the specific signal resource or the specificchannel resource includes one or more of the following: a referencesignal time domain resource, a reference signal frequency domainresource, a synchronizing signal time domain resource, a synchronizingsignal frequency domain resource, a broadcast channel time domainresource, and a broadcast channel frequency domain resource.

Optionally, the second resource set includes one of the followinginformation: one or more complete or partial CORESETs, and one or morespecific signal resources or specific channel resources, where thespecific signal resource or the specific channel resource includes oneor more of the following: a reference signal time domain resource, areference signal frequency domain resource, a synchronizing signal timedomain resource, a synchronizing signal frequency domain resource, abroadcast channel time domain resource, and a broadcast channelfrequency domain resource.

Optionally, the first determination module configures one or more firstresource sets for a second communication node, and time-frequencyresources of multiple configured first resource sets are forbidden topartially overlap or forbidden to completely overlap.

Optionally, when the first determination module configures multiplefirst resource sets for the second communication node, the firstdetermination module configures priorities for part or all of themultiple first resource sets.

Optionally, when time-frequency resources of the multiple first resourcesets overlap, whether the overlapped time-frequency resources areallowed to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or whether the PDSCHtransmission needs to perform rate matching around the overlappedtime-frequency resources is determined through following manner: thedetermination is made according to a dynamic signaling indication of afirst resource set having a higher priority.

Optionally, the first resource set for the second communication nodeincludes one of the following: part of time domain resources in a timedomain resource unit are configured as the first resource set; and partof frequency domain resources in a frequency domain resource unit areconfigured as the first resource set.

Optionally, the first resource set for the second communication nodeincludes at least one of the following: in a time domain, part of timedomain resources of a periodically configured time domain resource unitare configured as the first resource set; the time domain resource unitis shifted; in a frequency domain, part of frequency domain resources ina frequency domain resource unit within a designated sub-carrier rangeare configured as the first resource set; and in the frequency domain,part of frequency domain resources in a frequency domain resource unitwithin a designated bandwidth range are configured as the first resourceset.

Optionally, when an overlap occurs in time-frequency resources ofmultiple first resource sets, whether the overlapped time-frequencyresources are allowed to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission orwhether the PDSCH transmission needs to perform rate matching around theoverlapped time-frequency resources is determined through followingmanner: an AND operation or an OR operation is performed on dynamicsignaling indications of all multiple overlapping first resource sets;and the determination is made according results of the AND operation orthe OR operation.

Optionally, the following information is agreed: the dynamic signalingindication being set to 1 is agreed to indicate that all or part of thecorresponding first resource set is allowed to be multiplexed to thePDSCH transmission, or that the PDSCH transmission does not need toperform rate matching around all or part of resources in thecorresponding first resource set; and the dynamic signaling indicationbeing set to 0 is agreed to indicate that all or part of thecorresponding first resource set is forbidden to be multiplexed to thePDSCH transmission, or that the PDSCH transmission needs to perform ratematching around all or part of resources in the corresponding firstresource set; and the step that the AND operation or the OR operation isperformed on dynamic signaling indications of all multiple overlappingfirst resource sets, and the determination is made according results ofthe AND operation or the OR operation includes: performing the ORoperation on dynamic signaling indications of the multiple firstresource sets in which the overlap occurs in the time-frequencyresources; and determining whether the overlapped time-frequencyresources are allowed to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission orwhether the PDSCH transmission needs to perform rate matching around theoverlapped time-frequency resources according to results of the ORoperation.

Optionally, in condition that the dynamic signaling indication being setto 1 is agreed to indicate that all or part of the corresponding firstresource set is forbidden to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission orthat the PDSCH transmission needs to perform rate matching around all orpart of time-frequency resources in the corresponding first resourceset, and the dynamic signaling indication being set to 0 is agreed toindicate that all or part of the corresponding first resource set isallowed to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or that the PDSCHtransmission does not need to perform rate matching around all or partof time-frequency resources in the corresponding first resource set, themethod further includes: performing the AND operation on dynamicsignaling indications of the multiple overlapping first resource sets;and determining whether the overlapped time-frequency resources areallowed to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or whether the PDSCHtransmission needs to perform rate matching around the overlappedtime-frequency resources according to results of the AND operation.

Optionally, when an overlap occurs in time-frequency resources ofmultiple first resource sets, the following information is determinedthrough different manner for different types of the first resource sets:information about whether the overlapped time-frequency resources areallowed to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission or whether the PDSCHtransmission needs to perform rate matching around the overlappedtime-frequency resources; where the different types of the firstresource sets include one of the following: time-frequency resourceconfiguration manners being different, time-frequency resourceconfiguration ranges being different, time-frequency resourceconfiguration granularities being different, and time-frequency resourceconfiguration priorities being different.

Optionally, when the first resource set contains multiple secondresource sets or is equivalent to multiple second resource sets,multiple second resource sets contained in the same first resource setneeds to meet at least one of the following characteristics: blinddetection moment configurations or blind detection period configurationsof the second communication node in the multiple second resource setsare the same; levels of blind detection moment configurations or blinddetection period configurations of the multiple second resource sets arethe same and are a slot level, where levels of blind detection momentconfigurations or blind detection period configurations of the multiplesecond resource sets being the slot level is configured to indicate oneof the following: each of the blind detection moment configurations oreach of the period configurations is a slot, and each of the blinddetection moment configurations or each of the period configurations isat intervals of multiple slots; levels of blind detection momentconfigurations or blind detection period configurations of the multiplesecond resource sets are the same and are a mini-slot level, wherelevels of blind detection moment configurations or blind detectionperiod configurations of the multiple second resource sets being themini-slot level is configured to indicate one of the following: each ofthe blind detection moment configurations or each of the periodconfigurations is a mini-slot, and each of the blind detection momentconfigurations or each of the period configurations is at intervals ofmultiple mini-slots; levels of blind detection moment configurations orblind detection period configurations of the multiple second resourcesets are the same and are an OFDM symbol level, where levels of blinddetection moment configurations or blind detection period configurationsof the multiple second resource sets being the OFDM symbol level isconfigured to indicate one of the following: each of the blind detectionmoment configurations or each of the period configurations is an OFDMsymbol, and each of the blind detection moment configurations or each ofthe period configurations is at intervals of multiple OFDM symbols;blind detection moment configurations or blind detection periodconfigurations of the multiple second resource sets need meet aninclusion relationship, where the inclusion relationship is that: for asecond resource set having a sparse number of times of blind detectionsor a sparse period configuration and a second resource set having anintensive number of times of blind detections or an intensive periodconfiguration, a blind detection moment or period configuration of theformer is a subset of a blind detection moment or period configurationof the latter; and the number of times of occurrence of blind detectionmoment configurations or blind detection period configurations of themultiple second resource sets in a fixed time unit is the same, wherethe fixed time unit includes one of the following: a radio frame, asub-frame, a slot, a PDCCH domain or an uplink control channel range ofa slot, and a fixed number of several OFDM symbols at fixed locations ofa slot.

Optionally, the dynamic signaling indication is a multiplexing or ratematching dynamic signaling indication for the first resource set, wherea valid time domain range of the multiplexing or rate matching dynamicsignaling indication for the first resource set is determined to be oneof the following: time-frequency resources corresponding to a firstblind detection moment or a first period configuration moment where thefirst resource set overlaps resources used by the PDSCH transmission;time-frequency resources corresponding to all blind detection moments orall period configuration moments where the first resource set overlapsresources used by the PDSCH transmission; time-frequency resourcescorresponding to all blind detection moments or all period configurationmoments where the first resource set overlaps resources used by thePDSCH transmission in a PDCCH domain; a valid time domain rangedetermined according to results of a blind detection performed by thesecond communication node on time-frequency resources where the firstresource set overlaps resources used by the PDSCH transmission; a firstsub-frame or a first slot where the first resource set overlapsresources used by the PDSCH transmission; and all sub-frames or allslots where the first resource set overlaps resources used by the PDSCHtransmission.

Optionally, the PDCCH domain is allowed to be one of the followinglevels: a sub-frame level, a slot level, a mini-slot level, and an OFDMsymbol level; where in response to determining that the PDCCH domain isthe sub-frame level, the PDCCH domain is first several OFDM symbols of asub-frame; in response to determining that the PDCCH domain is the slotlevel, the PDCCH domain is first several OFDM symbols of a slot; inresponse to determining that the PDCCH domain is the mini-slot level,the PDCCH domain is first several OFDM symbols of a mini-slot or severalOFDM symbols at fixed locations of a slot; and in response todetermining that the PDCCH domain is the OFDM symbol level, the PDCCHdomain is OFDM symbols at preset fixed locations.

Optionally, when results of the blind detection of the secondcommunication node are that a PDCCH sent to the second communicationnode is detected, the method further includes: performing, by the secondcommunication node, rate matching around time-frequency resourcesoccupied by the detected PDCCH sent to the second communication node,and for remaining resources other than the time-frequency resourcesoccupied by the PDCCH sent to the second communication node, themultiplexing or rate matching dynamic signaling indication being validfor the following moments: the blind detection moment, and resourceswhere the first resource set overlaps resources used by the PDSCHtransmission; or the multiplexing or rate matching dynamic signalingindication being invalid for the first resource set at the blinddetection moment; where at the blind detection moment, all or part oftime-frequency resources where the first resource set overlaps resourcesused by the PDSCH transmission are forbidden to be multiplexed to thePDSCH transmission, or at the blind detection moment, the PDSCHtransmission needs to perform rate matching around all or part oftime-frequency resources where the first resource set overlaps resourcesused by the PDSCH transmission.

Optionally, when results of the blind detection of the secondcommunication node are that a PDCCH sent to the second communicationnode is not detected, the method further includes: the multiplexing orrate matching dynamic signaling indication being valid for the firstresource set at the blind detection moment; or the multiplexing or ratematching dynamic signaling indication being invalid for the firstresource set at the blind detection moment; where at the blind detectionmoment, all or part of time-frequency resources where the first resourceset overlaps resources used by the PDSCH transmission are allowed to bemultiplexed to the PDSCH transmission, or the PDSCH transmission doesnot need to perform rate matching around all or part of time-frequencyresources where the first resource set overlaps resources used by thePDSCH transmission at the blind detection moment.

Optionally, the transmission module sends a dynamic indication foractivating or inactivating the dynamic signaling indication to thesecond communication node.

Optionally, the first determination module determines the followinginformation about the first resource set for the second communicationnode: dynamic signaling indication for indicating whether the firstresource set is multiplexed to a PDSCH transmission or whether the PDSCHtransmission needs to perform rate matching; and after the above step isexecuted, the transmission module sends one or more dynamic signalingindications to the second communication node for a first resource set ora group of first resource sets.

Optionally, a first resource set corresponding to the dynamic signalingindication is determined in one of the following manners: a semi-staticconfiguration manner and a dynamic determination manner. Where thedynamic signaling indication is allowed to correspond to different firstresource sets in different time units, or is allowed to correspond todifferent numbers of first resource sets in different time units. Wherethe time unit includes one: a slot, a mini-slot, an OFDM symbol, and asub-frame.

Optionally, part or all of bits of the dynamic signaling indication areallowed to indicate at least one of the following meanings: the part orall of bits are used for indicating at least one piece of the followinginformation of a first resource set corresponding to an adjacent bit oran adjacent bit group: a situation of multiplexing or rate matchingafter a time domain split is performed, a situation of multiplexing orrate matching after a frequency domain split is performed, and asituation of multiplexing or rate matching after a space domain split isperformed; the part or all of bits are used for indicating at least onepiece of the following information of a specific first resource set: asituation of multiplexing or rate matching after a time domain split isperformed, a situation of multiplexing or rate matching after afrequency domain split is performed, and a situation of multiplexing orrate matching after a space domain split is performed, where thespecific first resource set is allowed to be one of the following: afirst resource set on which the second communication node needs toperform a blind detection, a first resource set where a PDCCH forscheduling the PDSCH transmission is located, a first resource set sentby the dynamic signaling indication, and a specific first resource setsemi-statically configured by the first determination module; the partor all of bits are used for indicating one of the following informationof all first resource sets corresponding to other bits or bit groups: asituation of multiplexing or rate matching after a time domain split isperformed, a situation of multiplexing or rate matching after afrequency domain split is performed, and a situation of multiplexing orrate matching after a space domain split is performed; the part or allof bits are used for indicating whether at least one of followingconditions occur in a subsequent time unit: activation of a carrier or abandwidth part, deactivation of a carrier or a bandwidth part, andhandover of a carrier or a bandwidth part; and the part or all of bitsare used for indicating whether a length of a dynamic signalingindication sent by a subsequent time unit changes.

Optionally, the split includes: at least one of the following of thefirst resource set is split equally: a time domain, a frequency domainand a space domain; where n equal split is determined to be performedaccording to the number of redundant bits, and n is a positive integer;and after the equal split is performed, non-redundant bits and redundantbits jointly indicate which equally split parts of the first resourceset are capable of being multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission, or onwhich equally split parts the PDSCH does not need to perform ratematching; where the redundant bit is part or all of the bits.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, a device fordetermining time-frequency resources is further provided. The device isapplied to a second communication node and includes a reception moduleand a second determination module.

The reception module is configured to receive information about a firstresource set transmitted by a first communication node, where theinformation includes at least one of the following: time-frequencyresources of a second resource set contained in the first resource set,configuration information of the second resource set contained in thefirst resource set, time-frequency resource configuration information ofthe first resource set, and a dynamic signaling indication used forindicating whether the first resource set is multiplexed to a PDSCHtransmission or a PUSCH transmission or whether the PDSCH transmissionor the PUSCH transmission needs to perform rate matching.

The second determination module is configured to determine one of thefollowing configuration information according to the information:time-frequency resources allowed to be multiplexed to the PDSCHtransmission and time-frequency resources on which the PDSCHtransmission does not need to perform rate matching, where the PDSCHtransmission includes a process in which data is transmitted through aPDSCH, and the PUSCH transmission includes a process in which data istransmitted to the first communication node through a PUSCH.

It is to be added that the method executed by the second communicationnode in the above Embodiment one may be executed by the above deviceapplied to the second communication node.

Optionally, the first resource set is one of the following information:one or more complete or partial resource sets, one or more complete orpartial CORESETs, and one or more specific signal resources or specificchannel resources, where the specific signal resource or the specificchannel resource includes one or more of the following: a referencesignal resource, a synchronizing signal resource, and a broadcastchannel resource.

Optionally, the second resource set includes one of the followinginformation: one or more complete or partial CORESETs, and one or morespecific signal resources or specific channel resources, where thespecific signal resource or the specific channel resource includes oneof the following: a reference signal resource, a synchronizing signalresource, and a broadcast channel resource.

Optionally, the dynamic signaling indication is a multiplexing or ratematching dynamic signaling indication for the first resource set, wherea valid time domain range of the multiplexing or rate matching dynamicsignaling indication for the first resource set is determined to be oneof the following: time-frequency resources corresponding to a firstblind detection moment or a first period configuration moment where thefirst resource set overlaps resources used by the PDSCH transmission;time-frequency resources corresponding to all blind detection moments orall period configuration moments where the first resource set overlapsresources used by the PDSCH transmission; time-frequency resourcescorresponding to all blind detection moments or all period configurationmoments where the first resource set overlaps resources used by thePDSCH transmission in a PDCCH domain;

a valid time domain range determined according to results of a blinddetection performed by the second determination module on time-frequencyresources where the first resource set overlaps resources used by thePDSCH transmission; a first sub-frame or a first slot where the firstresource set overlaps resources used by the PDSCH transmission; and allsub-frames or all slots where the first resource set overlaps resourcesused by the PDSCH transmission.

Optionally, the second determination module performs the blinddetection, where when results of the blind detection of the seconddetermination module are that a PDCCH sent to the second determinationmodule is detected, the method further includes: performing, by thesecond determination module, rate matching around time-frequencyresources occupied by the detected PDCCH sent to the seconddetermination module, and for remaining resources other than thetime-frequency resources occupied by the PDCCH sent to the seconddetermination module, determining, by the second determination module,that the multiplexing or rate matching dynamic signaling indication isvalid for the following moments: the blind detection moment, andresources where the first resource set overlaps resources used by thePDSCH transmission; or determining, by the second determination module,that the multiplexing or rate matching dynamic signaling indication isinvalid for the first resource set at the blind detection moment; whereat the blind detection moment, all or part of time-frequency resourceswhere the first resource set overlaps resources used by the PDSCHtransmission are forbidden to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission,or the PDSCH transmission needs to perform rate matching around all orpart of time-frequency resources where the first resource set overlapsresources used by the PDSCH transmission at the blind detection moment.

Optionally, the second determination module performs the blinddetection, where when results of the blind detection of the seconddetermination module are that a PDCCH sent to the second determinationmodule is not detected, the method further includes: the multiplexing orrate matching dynamic signaling indication being valid for the firstresource set at the blind detection moment; or the multiplexing or ratematching dynamic signaling indication being invalid for the firstresource set at the blind detection moment; where at the blind detectionmoment, all or part of time-frequency resources where the first resourceset overlaps resources used by the PDSCH transmission are allowed to bemultiplexed to the PDSCH transmission, or the PDSCH transmission doesnot need to perform rate matching around all or part of time-frequencyresources where the first resource set overlaps resources used by thePDSCH transmission at the blind detection moment.

It is to be noted that the various modules described above may beimplemented by software or hardware. Implementation by hardware may, butmay not necessarily, be performed in the following manners: the variousmodules described above are located in the same processor, or thevarious modules described above are located in different processors inany combination form.

Embodiment Nineteen

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, a basestation is further provided.

The base station includes a first processor and a first communicationdevice.

The first processor is configured to determine at least one piece of thefollowing information about a first resource set for a secondcommunication node: time-frequency resources of a second resource setcontained in the first resource set, configuration information of thesecond resource set contained in the first resource set, time-frequencyresource configuration information of the first resource set, and adynamic signaling indication used for indicating whether the firstresource set is multiplexed to a PDSCH transmission or a PUSCHtransmission or whether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmissionneeds to perform rate matching.

The first communication device is configured to transmit the informationto the second communication node, where the PDSCH transmission includesa process in which data is transmitted to the second communication nodethrough a PDSCH, and the PUSCH transmission includes a process in whichthe second communication node transmits data to a first communicationnode through a PUSCH.

It is to be added that embodiments executed by the first communicationnode in the above Embodiments one and two may be executed by the abovebase station.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal isfurther provided. The terminal includes a second communication deviceand a second processor.

The second communication device is configured to receive informationabout a first resource set transmitted by a first communication node,where the information includes at least one of the following:time-frequency resources of a second resource set contained in the firstresource set, configuration information of the second resource setcontained in the first resource set, time-frequency resourceconfiguration information of the first resource set, and a dynamicsignaling indication used for indicating whether the first resource setis multiplexed to a PDSCH transmission or a PUSCH transmission orwhether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission needs toperform rate matching.

The second processor is configured to determine one of the followingconfiguration information according to the information: time-frequencyresources allowed to be multiplexed to the PDSCH transmission andtime-frequency resources on which the PDSCH transmission does not needto perform rate matching. Where the PDSCH transmission includes aprocess of data transmission through a PDSCH, and the PUSCH transmissionincludes a process of data transmission through a PUSCH.

It is to be added that embodiments executed by the second communicationnode in the above Embodiment one and 2 may be executed by the aboveterminal.

Embodiment Twenty

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, a processoris further provided. The processor is configured to execute programswhich, when executed, perform the method of any one of the embodimentsdescribed above.

Embodiment Twenty-One

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, a storagemedium is further provided. The storage medium includes stored programswhich, when executed, perform the method of any one of the embodimentsdescribed above.

Apparently, it should be understood by those skilled in the art thateach of the modules or steps of the present disclosure described abovemay be implemented by a general-purpose computing apparatus, the modulesor steps may be concentrated on a single computing apparatus ordistributed on a network composed of multiple computing apparatuses, andalternatively, the modules or steps may be implemented by program codesexecutable by the computing apparatus, so that the modules or steps maybe stored in a storage apparatus and executed by the computingapparatus. In some circumstances, the illustrated or described steps maybe executed in sequences different from those described herein, or themodules or steps may be made into various integrated circuit modulesseparately, or multiple modules or steps therein may be made into asingle integrated circuit module for implementation. In this way, thepresent disclosure is not limited to any specific combination ofhardware and software.

The above are only exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure andare not intended to limit the present disclosure, and for those skilledin the art, the present disclosure may have various modifications andvariations. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvementsand the like made within the spirit and principle of the presentdisclosure fall within the scope of the present disclosure.

1. A method comprising: semi-statically configuring, by a base station,multiple resource sets for a terminal, wherein semi-staticallyconfiguring the multiple resource sets includes configuringtime-frequency resources occupied by the multiple resource sets in atime-frequency resource unit and configuring time-frequency resourceunits in which the multiple resource sets appear or time-frequencyresource units in which the terminal monitors the multiple resourcesets; and sending, by the base station to the terminal, dynamicsignaling indications to indicate (i) a physical downlink sharedchannel, PDSCH, transmission and (ii) resources of the multiple resourcesets where rate matching of the PDSCH is to be performed.
 2. The methodof claim 1, comprising configuring the multiple resource sets throughradio resource control (RRC) signaling.
 3. The method of claim 1,wherein the multiple resource sets include a first resource set and asecond resource set and the dynamic signaling indications include afirst dynamic signaling indication indicating whether rate matching ofthe PDSCH is to be performed over resources of the first resource setand a second dynamic signaling indication indicating whether ratematching of the PDSCH is to be performed over resources of the secondresource set.
 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first resource setand the second resource set have separate monitor occasionconfigurations, wherein the first dynamic signaling indication is validon only one monitor occasion of the first resource set, and wherein thesecond dynamic signaling indication is valid on only one monitoroccasion of the second resource set.
 5. The method of claim 3, whereinthe first resource set and the second resource set have separate monitoroccasion configurations, wherein the first dynamic signaling indicationis valid on all monitor occasions of the first resource set overlappingwith the PDSCH, and wherein the second dynamic signaling indication isvalid on all monitor occasions of the second resource set overlappingwith the PDSCH.
 6. The method of claim 3, wherein the first resource setand the second resource set have separate monitor occasionconfigurations, and wherein valid ranges of the first dynamic signalingindication and the second dynamic signaling indication depend on resultsof a blind detection of the terminal.
 7. A method comprising: receiving,by a terminal from a base station, configuration information indicativeof multiple resource sets for a terminal, wherein the configurationinformation includes information indicative of time-frequency resourcesoccupied by the multiple resource sets in a time-frequency resource unitand time-frequency resource units in which the multiple resource setsappear or time-frequency resource units in which the terminal monitorsthe multiple resource sets; and receiving, by the terminal from the basestation, dynamic signaling indications indicating (i) a physicaldownlink shared channel, PDSCH, transmission and (ii) resources of themultiple resource sets where rate matching of the PDSCH is to beperformed.
 8. The method of claim 7, comprising receiving theconfiguration information through radio resource control (RRC)signaling.
 9. The method of claim 7, wherein the multiple resource setsinclude a first resource set and a second resource set and the dynamicsignaling indications include a first dynamic signaling indicationindicating whether rate matching of the PDSCH is to be performed overresources of the first resource set and a second dynamic signalingindication indicating whether rate matching of the PDSCH is to beperformed over resources of the second resource set.
 10. The method ofclaim 9, wherein the first resource set and the second resource set haveseparate monitor occasion configurations, wherein the first dynamicsignaling indication is valid on only one monitor occasion of the firstresource set, and wherein the second dynamic signaling indication isvalid on only one monitor occasion of the second resource set.
 11. Themethod of claim 9, wherein the first resource set and the secondresource set have separate monitor occasion configurations, wherein thefirst dynamic signaling indication is valid on all monitor occasions ofthe first resource set overlapping with the PDSCH, and wherein thesecond dynamic signaling indication is valid on all monitor occasions ofthe second resource set overlapping with the PDSCH.
 12. The method ofclaim 9, wherein the first resource set and the second resource set haveseparate monitor occasion configurations, and wherein valid ranges ofthe first dynamic signaling indication and the second dynamic signalingindication depend on results of a blind detection of the terminal.
 13. Awireless communications apparatus comprising a processor configured to:semi-statically configure multiple resource sets for a terminal, whereinsemi-statically configuring the multiple resource sets includesconfiguring time-frequency resources occupied by the multiple resourcesets in a time-frequency resource unit and configuring time-frequencyresource units in which the multiple resource sets appear ortime-frequency resource units in which the terminal monitors themultiple resource sets; and send, to the terminal, dynamic signalingindications to indicate (i) a physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH,transmission and (ii) resources of the multiple resource sets where ratematching of the PDSCH is to be performed.
 14. The wirelesscommunications apparatus of claim 13, wherein the processor isconfigured to configure the multiple resource sets through radioresource control (RRC) signaling.
 15. The wireless communicationsapparatus of claim 13, wherein the multiple resource sets include afirst resource set and a second resource set and the dynamic signalingindications include a first dynamic signaling indication indicatingwhether rate matching of the PDSCH is to be performed over resources ofthe first resource set and a second dynamic signaling indicationindicating whether rate matching of the PDSCH is to be performed overresources of the second resource set.
 16. The wireless communicationsapparatus of claim 15 wherein the first resource set and the secondresource set have separate monitor occasion configurations, and whereinat least one of the following is satisfied: the first dynamic signalingindication is valid on only one monitor occasion of the first resourceset, and wherein the second dynamic signaling indication is valid ononly one monitor occasion of the second resource set; the first dynamicsignaling indication is valid on all monitor occasions of the firstresource set overlapping with the PDSCH, and wherein the second dynamicsignaling indication is valid on all monitor occasions of the secondresource set overlapping with the PDSCH; or valid ranges of the firstdynamic signaling indication and the second dynamic signaling indicationdepend on results of a blind detection of the terminal.
 17. A wirelesscommunications apparatus comprising a processor configured to: receive,from a base station, configuration information indicative of multipleresource sets for a terminal, wherein the configuration informationincludes information indicative of time-frequency resources occupied bythe multiple resource sets in a time-frequency resource unit andtime-frequency resource units in which the multiple resource sets appearor time-frequency resource units in which the terminal monitors themultiple resource sets; and receive, the base station, dynamic signalingindications indicating (i) a physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH,transmission and (ii) resources of the multiple resource sets where ratematching of the PDSCH is to be performed.
 18. The wirelesscommunications apparatus of claim 17, wherein the processor receives theconfiguration information through radio resource control (RRC)signaling.
 19. The wireless communications apparatus of claim 17,wherein the multiple resource sets include a first resource set and asecond resource set and the dynamic signaling indications include afirst dynamic signaling indication indicating whether rate matching ofthe PDSCH is to be performed over resources of the first resource setand a second dynamic signaling indication indicating whether ratematching of the PDSCH is to be performed over resources of the secondresource set.
 20. The wireless communications apparatus of claim 19,wherein the first resource set and the second resource set have separatemonitor occasion configurations, and wherein at least one of thefollowing is satisfied: the first dynamic signaling indication is validon only one monitor occasion of the first resource set, and wherein thesecond dynamic signaling indication is valid on only one monitoroccasion of the second resource set; the first dynamic signalingindication is valid on all monitor occasions of the first resource setoverlapping with the PDSCH, and wherein the second dynamic signalingindication is valid on all monitor occasions of the second resource setoverlapping with the PDSCH; or valid ranges of the first dynamicsignaling indication and the second dynamic signaling indication dependon results of a blind detection of the terminal.